Hafsa is an Arabic name traditionally explained as "young lioness". It is honored in Islam through Hafsa bint Umar, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad who was entrusted with the first written collection of the Quran. In the United States Hafsa is a quiet but rising choice among Muslim families; it has never entered the top 1000 but climbed from number 1964 in 2015 to number 1452 in 2025, its best rank so far.