Girls' name · since 1981
Aften
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.
- #26,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
102 girls have been named Aften since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Aften has 102 recorded births among girls since 1981, 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 1981 to 2007.
- #26,853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 102 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aften ranks #26,853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Aften's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aften's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aften's full recorded timeline at 1986, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aften popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2007
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Aften by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (89 births, 87% of the file).
1980s was Aften's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Aften births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
89 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 89 births (87% of all-time use).
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- Aften's decade-level peak was the 1980s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aften: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1981–2007 (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 Aften 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.