Boys' name · since 2002
Aftab
20 babies named Aftab in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aftab is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 20 have been recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aftab has been recorded 20 times among boys since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2004.
- #28,916 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aftab ranks #28,916 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aftab's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aftab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aftab splits its recorded history at 2003: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aftab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2004
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Aftab by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Aftab's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Aftab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aftab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~2 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, 2002–2004 (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 Aftab 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.