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Girl name

Nafeesah

100% girls · last recorded 2022

Nafeesah has been given to about 206 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1979, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 200
Median age today44 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Nafeesah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1979 · 24
  • Born in 20250
  • All time206
  • England & Wales, 20253

How popular is Nafeesah?

Its best year was 1979, when 24 babies were given the name, ranking 3409th. The typical living American called Nafeesah is about 44 years old today.

Names that sound like Nafeesah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Neveah0.70
  2. Aleah0.63
  3. Maleah0.63
  4. Kaleah0.63
  5. Hadassah0.59
  6. Nailah0.59
  7. Savannah0.56
  8. Savanah0.56

Middle names for Nafeesah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Nafeesah Eve0.82
  2. Nafeesah Anne0.80
  3. Nafeesah Rose0.79
  4. Nafeesah Louise0.79
  5. Nafeesah June0.78
  6. Nafeesah Pearl0.78

Sibling names for Nafeesah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.58
  2. Jeremybrother · 0.56
  3. Jamieeither · 0.56
  4. Kareembrother · 0.54
  5. Meredithsister · 0.54
  6. Aprilsister · 0.54

Where Nafeesah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Nafeesah White0.74
    2. Nafeesah Reyes0.74
    3. Nafeesah Moore0.74
    4. Nafeesah Lee0.74
    5. Nafeesah Green0.74
    6. Nafeesah Brown0.74

    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 Nafeesah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.