Wafa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- wa-FAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Wafa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “faithfulness; loyalty”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Wafa mean?
Arabic: Arabic wafa'
“faithfulness; loyalty”
Is Wafa a girl's or a boy's name?
Wafa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wafa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Wafa, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Wafa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Wafa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Wafaa 8
- Wafa 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Wafa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Wafa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Wafa, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Wafa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wafa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Wafa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hiba Zainab Hafsa Rahma Huda Aaliyah Faiza Safaa Safiya Ayah Summer
Other spellings of Wafa
Wafaa
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, “Wafa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wafa, updated 20 October 2026.