Sifa
Girl · SEE-fa · Swahili
Sifa is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “praise, good reputation”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Sifa mean?
Swahili: Swahili word
“praise, good reputation”
A Swahili word used as a given name in East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Say it
- SEE-fa
Is Sifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Sifa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sifa 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 Sifa, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had the most girls named Sifa of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Sifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
Names like Sifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Zaya Sama Zayla Abeeha Hafsa Raha Zhamira Zamira Hiba Uma
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