Afiya — #9688 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Afiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Afiya between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Afiya currently holds the #9688 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Afiya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Afiya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Afiya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Afiya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 331 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.