Girls' name · since 1973
Afiya
Afiya has 358 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,457 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,906 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Afiya is the #4906 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 358 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afiya has been recorded 358 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #4906 nationally and more common than 72% 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 1973 to 2025.
- #14,457 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,906 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 358 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afiya ranks #14,457 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,906 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 358 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,457 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,906 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Afiya's 358 recorded births place it above 79.97% 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 Afiya compares
358 48th 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
Afiya's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 358 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Afiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Afiya's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Afiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Afiya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (97 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Afiya's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Afiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 97 births (27% of all-time use).
Afiya by state
Where Afiya concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
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What to do with Afiya's data
- New York records the most Afiyas (25 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Afiya: 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 (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Afiya 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.