Huzaifah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-ZAY-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
Huzaifah is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies).
What does Huzaifah mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Hudhayfah
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, was known as the keeper of his secrets.
Is Huzaifah a girl's or a boy's name?
Huzaifah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huzaifah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 986th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Huzaifah, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th.
2025 had the most boys named Huzaifah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Huzaifah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 135 boys in the UK were given Huzaifah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #363, up from #986 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Huzaifah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,072 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 29 | #822 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 28 | #750 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
Names like Huzaifah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Hamza, Mustafa, Umar, Zayd, Ahmed, Musa, Abdallah, Zayaan, Raheem, Amir
Other spellings of Huzaifah
Huzaifa, Huzayfa
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Huzaifah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huzaifah, updated 20 October 2026.