Girls' name · since 2012
Afiyah
Afiyah has 158 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
158 babies have been named Afiyah since 2012, making it today's #8283 girls' name.
Afiyah has 158 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8283 as of the latest data, more common than 52% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #22,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,283 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 158 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afiyah ranks #22,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,283 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 158 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Afiyah's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% 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 Afiyah compares
158 32nd 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
Afiyah's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Afiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Afiyah splits its recorded history at 2019: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Afiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Afiyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (104 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Afiyah's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Afiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 104 births (66% of all-time use).
Afiyah by state
Where Afiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
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- New York records the most Afiyahs (23 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 Afiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Afiyah 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.