girl's name

Nafeesah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 370

Nafeesah is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1979, when 24 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1976.

Nafeesah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nafeesah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 59
1980s 92
1990s 39
2000s 11
2020s (to 2022) 5

How popular is Nafeesah?

In 2022, Nafeesah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Nafeesah is used

England & Wales #7,517 3 in 2025
United States #17,518 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nafeesah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nafeesah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nafeesah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nafeesah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nafeesah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nafeesah

How popular is the name Nafeesah?

In 2022, Nafeesah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Nafeesah a girl's or a boy's name?

Nafeesah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nafeesah most popular?

Nafeesah peaked in 1979, when 24 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.

Is Nafeesah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nafeesah currently ranks #7,517 in the United States. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.