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Girl name

Arifa

100% girls · 5 born in 2025

Arifa has been registered 217 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales217
Born in 20255

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Arifa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2008 · 15
  • Born in 20255
  • All time217
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Arifa?

Arifa was given to 5 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2008, with 15 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Arifa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aria0.79
  2. Ariya0.79
  3. Arya0.70
  4. Ariana0.65
  5. Anita0.64
  6. Alina0.64
  7. Arianna0.63
  8. Alisa0.64

Middle names for Arifa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Arifa Rose0.89
  2. Arifa Louise0.89
  3. Arifa June0.88
  4. Arifa Pearl0.88
  5. Arifa Quinn0.88
  6. Arifa Nell0.88

Sibling names for Arifa

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Cassiesister · 0.84
  2. Jeremybrother · 0.84
  3. Yasirbrother · 0.84
  4. Deborahsister · 0.84
  5. Liliansister · 0.84
  6. Yasinbrother · 0.83

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year2008 · 15
  3. Years recorded30 of 30
  4. All time217

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Arifa White0.84
  2. Arifa Reyes0.84
  3. Arifa Nguyen0.84
  4. Arifa Moore0.84
  5. Arifa Lee0.84
  6. Arifa Hill0.84

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Arifa

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.