Nafis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-FEES
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Nafis is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “precious, valuable”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Nafis mean?
Arabic: from Arabic nafis 'precious'
“precious, valuable”
The Arabic word for precious or exquisite.
Is Nafis a girl's or a boy's name?
Nafis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nafis in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 boys.
Nafis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Nafis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Nafis, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Nafis than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nafis in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nafis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
Names like Nafis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Hamza, Abdullah, Mustafa, Umar, Fahad, Raheem, Khalid, Hassan, Musa, Amir
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, “Nafis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nafis, updated 20 October 2026.