Girls' name · since 1990
Afifa
Afifa has 131 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,289 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
131 babies have been named Afifa since 1990, making it today's #11289 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afifa has been recorded 131 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #11289 nationally and more common than 35% of girls, 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 1990 to 2025.
- #24,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,289 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 131 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afifa ranks #24,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,289 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 131 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,289 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Afifa's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Afifa compares
131 29th percentile among 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
Afifa's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afifa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 131 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Afifa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Afifa's full recorded timeline at 2016, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Afifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Afifa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Afifa's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Afifa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (36% of all-time use).
Afifa by state
Where Afifa concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 131 births nationwide.
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What to do with Afifa's data
- New York records the most Afifas (5 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 Afifa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Afifa 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.