Zafar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAF-ar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Zafar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “victory; triumph”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Zafar mean?
Arabic
“victory; triumph”
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, wrote Urdu poetry under the pen name Zafar.
Is Zafar a girl's or a boy's name?
Zafar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zafar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zafar, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zafar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Zafar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Zafar, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Zafar in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zafar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Zafar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Umar Muhammad Zayan Zayd Hamza Musa Zayyan Abdullah Zahir Ziyad Ahmed
Names related to Zafar
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, “Zafar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zafar, updated 20 October 2026.