Girls' name · since 1979
Afra
226 babies named Afra in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
226 babies have been named Afra since 1979, making it today's #5461 girls' name.
Afra has 226 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5461 as of the latest data, more common than 68% 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 1979 to 2025.
- #18,548 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,461 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 226 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afra ranks #18,548 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,461 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 226 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Afra's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Afra compares
226 39th 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
Afra's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 226 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Afra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Afra splits its recorded history at 2009: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Afra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Afra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (75 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Afra's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Afra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 75 births (33% of all-time use).
Afra by state
Where Afra concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.7% |
6 of 226 births nationwide.
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What to do with Afra's data
- New York records the most Afras (6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Afra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Afra 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.