Kaif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Kaif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, rapture”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Kaif mean?
Arabic: Arabic kayf 'state, mood', in Urdu 'joy, rapture'
“joy, rapture”
Is Kaif a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kaif, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Kaif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
Names like Kaif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed Saif Hamza Muhammad Abdullah Khalid Zayd Mustafa Zayan Saad Abdulrahman Fahad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Kaif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaif, updated 20 October 2026.