Aften — girls' name
102 babies named Aften in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
87% of everyone ever named Aften was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Aften in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aften
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Aften between 1981 and 2007, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aften currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aften performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aften shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aften 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 102 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.
Aften at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aften popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1981
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
102 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 16 births in a single year.
Aften by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 89 births that decade — 87% of Aften's all-time total
Aften decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Aften's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% of all-time use.
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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, 1981–2007 (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.