Recorded 1994–2013 Boys' name Peak 1994 25 births

Afolabi — boys' name

25 babies named Afolabi in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

25 boys have been named Afolabi since 1994, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2013.

25
total births
1994–2013
years on record
1990s
peak decade
60%
born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Afolabi was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

5 babies were named Afolabi in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Afolabi

The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Afolabi between 1994 and 2013, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Afolabi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Afolabi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Afolabi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Afolabi 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 25 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.

Afolabi at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

25

Since 1994

20 years of records

Peak year

1994

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1994

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2013

Afolabi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1994

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (1994)
5
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
5 20132001199919961994 5

Afolabi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
15 births that decade — 60% of Afolabi's all-time total
1990s152000s52010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Afolabi?
25 babies have been named Afolabi since 1994. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 1994 with 5 births.
When was Afolabi most popular?
Afolabi was most popular in the 1990s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Afolabi been used?
Afolabi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 20 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Afolabi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Afonso. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1994–2013 (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.