Total births
27
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.
- #12944
- among boys today
- 27
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 9%
- more common than other boys
Afif currently ranks #12944 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 #12944 nationally and more common than 9% 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.
- #12944 among boys today
- 27 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
- 9% more common than other boys
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Afif is currently the #12944 boys' name in America, more common than 9% of boys - 27 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12944
- among boys today
- 27
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 9%
- more common than other boys
Afif vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
#12944
of 14,294 boys in use
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
2020s
Peak decade
44% of everyone ever named Afif was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
7 babies were named Afif in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Afif compares
27 10th percentile among 14,294 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 (Elchonon) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 367 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 23 | 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 at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#12,944
Active since
1992
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Afif? ▼
Afif has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 1992, according to SSA data. Among boys, it ranks #12944 as of the latest data. 7 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Afif most popular? ▼
Afif was most popular in the 2020s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Afif been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Afif since 1992 -- 34 years through the most recent 2025 data.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Afif: #12944 Boys' Name - 27 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/afif. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.