Naif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAA-if
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Naif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “eminent; exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Naif mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nayef
“eminent; exalted”
Is Naif a girl's or a boy's name?
Naif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Naif, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Naif than any year since 2010.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Naif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Naif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Naif, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Naif in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Naif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Musa Zayd Hamza Umar Abdullah Zayyan Musab Azaan Ahmed
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), 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, “Naif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naif, updated 20 October 2026.