Afshin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Afshin

The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Afshin between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Afshin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Afshin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Afshin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Afshin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Afshin 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 52 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.