Afomia — #14532 US girls' name
171 babies named Afomia in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
62% of everyone ever named Afomia was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Afomia in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Afomia
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Afomia between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Afomia currently holds the #14532 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Afomia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Afomia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Afomia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Afomia 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 171 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.
Afomia at a glance
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Current rank
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Afomia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2017)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #14532 among girls.
171 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 19 births in a single year.
Afomia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 62% of Afomia's all-time total
Afomia decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Afomia's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Afomia by state
Where Afomia concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.