Girls' name · since 1972
Afia
621 babies named Afia in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 621
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
621 babies have been named Afia since 1972, making it today's #5141 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afia has been recorded 621 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #5141 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, 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 1972 to 2025.
- #10,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,141 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 621 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afia ranks #10,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,141 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 621 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 621
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Afia's 621 recorded births place it above 85.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Afia compares
621 Top 41% higher than 59% of 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
Afia's all-time total is 65% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 621 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Afia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Afia's full recorded timeline at 2002, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Afia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Afia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (179 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Afia's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Afia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 48
1970s
48 births
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 66
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
166 births
- 2010s
2010s
179 births
- 2020s
2020s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 179 births (29% of all-time use).
How Afia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Afia's total volume
Afia by state
Where Afia concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
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What to do with Afia's data
- Afia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (179 total births) through the 2020s (136) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Afias (91 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 Afia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Afia 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.