Zafirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-fi-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Zafirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Zafirah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Zafir
“victorious”
Is Zafirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zafirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zafirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Zafirah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zafirah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zafirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Zafirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
How popular is Zafirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Zafirah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Zafirah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Zafirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zafirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Zafirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Aaminah, Ayah, Farah, Safiya, Aakifah, Aafiyah
Names related to Zafirah
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, “Zafirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zafirah, updated 20 October 2026.