The first name Hafsa
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 250 girls were named Hafsa, making it the 201st most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Hafsa with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Hafsa at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 148 girls born in the United States were named Hafsa, the 1,452nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2023, when 151 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Hafsa
5 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Hafsa HatunConsort of Bayezid I, 1380–1403
- Hafsa bint al-Hajj al-RukuniyyaAl-Andalus poet and teacher, 1135–1190
- Hafsah FaizalAmerican designer and YA author, born 1993
- Hafsa bint SirinEarly scholar of Islam, 651–719
- Hafsa MossiBurundian politician and journalist, 1964–2016
Questions
- How popular is the name Hafsa?
- In 2025, 250 girls born in England and Wales were named Hafsa, ranking 201st.
- Is Hafsa a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,594 US babies named Hafsa since 1880 were girls.
- When was Hafsa most popular?
- 2023 in the United States, when 151 babies were named Hafsa, its highest rank at 1,463rd.