Total births
31
Girls' name · since 2015
Aafia
Aafia has 31 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10987
- among girls today
- 31
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 38%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Aafia is the #10987 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 31 recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aafia has been recorded 31 times among girls since 2015, currently ranked #10987 nationally and more common than 38% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #10987 among girls today
- 31 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
- 38% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Aafia is currently the #10987 girls' name in America, more common than 38% of girls - 31 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10987
- among girls today
- 31
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 38%
- more common than other girls
Aafia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#10987
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 38% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
81% of everyone ever named Aafia was born in this single decade.
2024
Single peak year
9 babies were named Aafia in 2024 - its busiest year on record.
How Aafia compares
31 10th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aafia's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aafia | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 48 | 19,840 |
Aafia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aafia's full recorded timeline at 2021, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aafia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2024
Current rank
#10,987
Active since
2015
Aafia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Aafia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Aafia's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Aafia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (81% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Aafia? ▼
Aafia has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 2015, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #10987 as of the latest data. 9 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
When was Aafia most popular? ▼
Aafia was most popular in the 2020s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Aafia been used? ▼
Aafia has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 11 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Aafia? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aafiya, Aafiyah, Aafreen. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Aafia: #10987 Girls' Name - 31 Births, Peak 2024." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/aafia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aafia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.