Zafir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-fir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Zafir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Zafir mean?
Arabic
“victorious”
From the Arabic root z-f-r 'to win', which also gives the names Zafar and Zafira.
Is Zafir a girl's or a boy's name?
Zafir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zafir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zafir, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Zafir than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Zafir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zafir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Zafir in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Zafir in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zafir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Zafir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Zahir, Zayd, Ahmed, Umar, Abdullah, Zayaan, Amir, Zayan, Musa, Mustafa
Names related to Zafir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Zafir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zafir, updated 20 October 2026.