Girls' name · since 2016
Aafiya
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 111 babies named Aafiya, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,932 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,782 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aafiya currently ranks #10782 among girls' names in America, with 111 babies recorded since 2016.
Social Security Administration records show Aafiya recorded 111 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #10782 nationally today, ahead of 38% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #25,932 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,782 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aafiya ranks #25,932 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,782 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 111 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,932 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,782 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aafiya's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aafiya compares
111 27th percentile among 17,297 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
Aafiya's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aafiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aafiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aafiya's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aafiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Aafiya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (78 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Aafiya's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Aafiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 78 births (70% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Aafiya 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 August 2026.