Alfia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Alfia by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Alfia.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 1930, making it a 1930s name.

What we can tell you about Alfia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alfia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
  • Afiaborn on Friday21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aafiahealing or recovery6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaia163 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleia19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alyia12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alfia

Names that are said the same way as Alfia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alivea13 in the US (2017)
  • Alifa5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Alfia

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