Afraz — #10495 US boys' name
83 babies named Afraz in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Afraz was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Afraz in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Afraz
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Afraz between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Afraz currently holds the #10495 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Afraz performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Afraz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Afraz in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Afraz 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 83 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.
Afraz at a glance
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Current rank
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Afraz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #10495 among boys.
83 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 12 births in a single year.
Afraz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 47 births that decade — 57% of Afraz's all-time total
Afraz decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Afraz's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Afraz by state
Where Afraz concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 13.3% |
11 of 83 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.3% 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.