Total births
17
Recorded 2020–2023 Girls' name Peak 2021 17 births
Afnaan — girls' name
17 babies named Afnaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Afnaan was born in this single decade.
2021
Single peak year
7 babies were named Afnaan in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Afnaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Afnaan between 2020 and 2023, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Afnaan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Afnaan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Afnaan 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 17 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.
Afnaan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
2021
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2020
Afnaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2020
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
Afnaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Afnaan's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Afnaan? ▼
17 babies have been named Afnaan since 2020. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2021 with 7 births.
When was Afnaan most popular? ▼
Afnaan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Afnaan been used? ▼
Afnaan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2020, spanning 4 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Afnaan? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Afnan. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2020–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.