Girls' name · since 1998
Affinity
Affinity has 37 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Affinity is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 37 have been recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Affinity recorded 37 times among girls since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1998 to 2024.
- #38,362 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Affinity ranks #38,362 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Affinity's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Affinity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Affinity's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Affinity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Affinity by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Affinity's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Affinity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Affinity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1998–2024 (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 Affinity 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.