How Many People Are Named Arif?
people named Arif are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 496,059 people in the US has this name
Based on 714 babies named Arif in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish and Azerbaijani form of ARIF.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Arif in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arif alive today is about 26 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arif first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2007, to 21 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arif has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,711, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #7,713.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,713 |
| Best rank | #2,711 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,146 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arif alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arif were born in New York than in any other state: about 100 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arif was given about 14 times as often in New York.
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