Jafar
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Jafar is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Jafar mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic, Persian
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jafar a girl's or a boy's name?
Jafar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jafar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jafar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Jafar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Jafar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Jafar, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Jafar in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jafar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Jafar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Umar Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Musa Mustafa Zayd Amir Zayaan Ibrahim Zayan
Names related to Jafar
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jafar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jafar, updated 20 October 2026.