Boys' name · since 1992
Afif
Afif has 27 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,056 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Afif currently ranks #10056 among boys' names in America, with 27 babies recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afif has been recorded 27 times among boys since 1992, currently ranked #10056 nationally and more common than 28% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #26,560 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,056 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afif ranks #26,560 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,056 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,056 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Afif's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Afif compares
27 10th percentile among 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
Afif's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afif | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Afif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Afif's full recorded timeline at 2018, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Afif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Afif by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Afif's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Afif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (44% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Afif: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Afif 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.