Zafira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-fi-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Zafira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Zafira mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zafirah; feminine of Zafir
“victorious”
Meaning borrowed from Zafirah.
Is Zafira a girl's or a boy's name?
Zafira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zafira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Zafira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zafira than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Zafira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Zafira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Zafira, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Zafira in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zafira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Zafira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Nusaybah Hafsa Zainab Rahma Rumaysa Hiba Zaha Safiya Halima Ruqayyah
Names related to Zafira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Zafira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zafira, updated 20 October 2026.