Girls' name · since 1980
Afsaneh
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Afsaneh, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Afsaneh is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1980.
Afsaneh has 17 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1988.
- #47,432 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Afsaneh ranks #47,432 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #47,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Afsaneh's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Afsaneh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Afsaneh splits its recorded history at 1987: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Afsaneh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1988
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Afsaneh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Afsaneh's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Afsaneh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Afsaneh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1980–1988 (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 Afsaneh 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.