Nafisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-FEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Nafisa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “precious, valuable”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Nafisa mean?
Arabic
“precious, valuable”
Sayyida Nafisa, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad famed for her learning, is buried in a well-known Cairo mosque.
Is Nafisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nafisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nafisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Nafisa, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 40 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nafisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Nafisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
- Nafisa 16
- Nafisah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Nafisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,216 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 40 | #783 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 37 | #737 |
| 2000 | 38 | #705 |
| 1999 | 33 | #766 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 30 | #840 |
| 1996 | 29 | #837 |
How popular is Nafisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Nafisa, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Nafisa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nafisa in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nafisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Nafisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Halima Zainab Rahma Habiba Safiya Abeeha Sumayyah Faiza
Other spellings of Nafisa
Names related to Nafisa
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Nafisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nafisa, updated 20 October 2026.