# Arif (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arif/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 714 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 714 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 577, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,541 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,497 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,573 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,328 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,698 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,637 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,768 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,057 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,431 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,128 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,223 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,509 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,249 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,928 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,717 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Arif

- Arif Alvi, 13th President of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024
- Arif Babayev, Azerbaijani singer (1938–2025)
- Arif Mohammad Khan, Former governor of Bihar
- Arif Asadov, Azerbaijani footballer
- Arif Pashayev, Azerbaijani scientist
- Arif Yunus, Azerbaijani writer
- Arifur Rahman, Bangladeshi-Norwegian political cartoonist, illustrator and animator
- Arif Heralić, Bosnian Roma metal worker
- Arif Hajili, Azerbaijani politician
- Arif Virani, Canadian politician
- Arif Riwgari, Central Asian Sufi teacher
- Aref Gholami, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.