Boys' name · since 1998
Affan
575 babies named Affan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,493 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 575
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Affan currently ranks #4493 among boys' names in America, with 575 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Affan has been recorded 575 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #4493 nationally and more common than 68% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #7,255 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,493 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 575 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Affan ranks #7,255 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,493 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 575 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,493 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 575
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Affan's 575 recorded births place it above 84.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Affan compares
575 Top 41% higher than 59% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Affan's all-time total is 56% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Affan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 575 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 34 | 22,252 |
Affan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Affan's full recorded timeline at 2013, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 55 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Affan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Affan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (308 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Affan's strongest decade.
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Affan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s 85
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
308 births
- 2020s
2020s
174 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 308 births (54% of all-time use).
How Affan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Affan's total volume
Affan by state
Where Affan concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 64 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 44 | 7.7% |
| #3 | California | | 18 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.9% |
64 of 575 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Affan's data
- Affan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (308 total births) through the 2020s (174) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Affans (64 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Affan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Affan 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.