Hafsa

What Hafsa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Hafsa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1981, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Hafsa?

US: Rising: up from #1964 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #298 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 151 girls got the name (#1462 that year). First in the US records in 1981.

How common

• About 1 in 10,860 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,013 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.36 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.28 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Hafsa is #1452 in the US and #201 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hafsa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hafsah29 US · 68 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hafsa

Girls

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hafsa’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.