Girls' name · since 2016
Aafiyah
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 101 babies named Aafiyah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,311 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aafiyah is the #8311 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 101 recorded since 2016.
Social Security Administration records show Aafiyah recorded 101 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #8311 nationally today, ahead of 52% 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.
- #26,959 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,311 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 101 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aafiyah ranks #26,959 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,311 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 101 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,311 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aafiyah's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aafiyah compares
101 25th 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
Aafiyah's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aafiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 101 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aafiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aafiyah's full recorded timeline at 2021, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aafiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Aafiyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (79 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Aafiyah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Aafiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 79 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aafiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
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 Aafiyah 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.