Girls' name · since 1994
Afrah
282 babies named Afrah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,430 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,393 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 282
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Afrah currently ranks #12393 among girls' names in America, with 282 babies recorded since 1994.
Afrah has 282 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12393 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #16,430 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,393 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 282 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afrah ranks #16,430 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,393 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 282 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,430 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,393 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 282
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Afrah's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% 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 Afrah compares
282 44th 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
Afrah's all-time total is 25% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Afrah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 282 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Afrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Afrah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Afrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Afrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Afrah's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Afrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (39% of all-time use).
Afrah by state
Where Afrah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 282 births nationwide.
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What to do with Afrah's data
- Afrah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Afrahs (5 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 Afrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Afrah 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.