Shifa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHI-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Shifa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “healing, cure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Shifa mean?
Arabic
“healing, cure”
Arabic for healing; the Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in people's hearts.
Is Shifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Shifa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shifa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Shifa, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Shifa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Shifa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.
Shifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,389 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Shifa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Shifa, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Shifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
Names like Shifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Rahma Safaa Huda Ayah Safiya Aaliyah Sumayyah Sama
Names related to Shifa
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, “Shifa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shifa, updated 20 October 2026.