Fun Facts About the Name Huzaifa
- 485 babies named Huzaifa: U.S. records list 485 babies given the name Huzaifa from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Huzaifa Mean?
Huzaifa is an Arabic name, a transliteration of Ḥudhayfah (حُذَيْفَة). It comes from the root ḥ-dh-f (ح ذ ف), whose verb ḥadhafa means "to cut off, trim, or shorten." The name follows the Arabic diminutive pattern fuʿaylah, so its literal sense is "little shortened one," often given more simply as "shortened." The dh of the scholarly spelling stands for the Arabic letter dhāl (ذ), which in the spelling Huzaifa is written as a plain z.
Huzaifa Name History & Origins
The name is Arabic and follows a naming pattern already in use in pre-Islamic Arabia. It is best known through Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (died around 656), a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Islamic tradition remembers him as the companion entrusted with the Prophet's confidential knowledge of the munāfiqūn, the hypocrites of Medina, a role that gave him a lasting reputation for discretion. He later served as governor of al-Madāʾin (Ctesiphon) during the caliphate of Umar and took part in the Muslim conquest of Persia, including the Battle of Nahāvand.
The name is chiefly familiar to Muslims through that companion, and it is used today as a given name in the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa. The spelling Huzaifa is common in Urdu- and Swahili-speaking regions; other transliterations include Hudhayfah, Hudhaifa, and Huzaifah. The opening Arabic sound ḥ is not used in English, so speakers normally drop it or replace it with a plain h.
How Popular is the Name Huzaifa?
Huzaifa has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #3,027 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,469 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #3,171 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2023 | #3,656 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #3,027 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2021 | #3,447 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2020 | #3,858 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #4,688 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #4,813 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #3,617 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #4,517 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #5,834 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #5,133 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #4,525 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #6,442 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #6,750 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #7,793 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #5,917 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #13,272 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #13,064 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #9,958 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #7,324 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #8,422 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #7,478 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #7,260 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #4,977 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #8,536 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #10,229 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #9,564 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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