Afrika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Afrika

The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Afrika between 1970 and 2005, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Afrika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Afrika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Afrika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Afrika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Afrika 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 239 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.