Arifa was the #10,107 girls' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.
Arifa as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#10,107 (9)
#4,201 (5)
2024
—
#4,193 (5)
2023
—
#4,710 (4)
2022
—
#5,670 (3)
2021
#12,206 (7)
#4,634 (4)
2020
#13,453 (6)
#4,535 (4)
2019
—
#5,591 (3)
2018
—
#3,985 (5)
2017
—
#4,063 (5)
2016
#16,215 (5)
#3,609 (6)
2015
—
#3,615 (6)
2014
—
#4,684 (4)
2013
—
#2,887 (8)
2012
—
#1,991 (14)
2011
—
#2,150 (12)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2025 at #10,107.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1985.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.