Afzal — boys' name
14 babies named Afzal in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
14 boys have been named Afzal since 1991, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2003.
- 14
- total births
- 1991–2003
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Afzal was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Afzal in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Afzal
The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Afzal between 1991 and 2003, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Afzal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Afzal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Afzal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Afzal 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 14 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.
Afzal at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Afzal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1991
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
14 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 8 births in a single year.
Afzal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 8 births that decade — 57% of Afzal's all-time total
Afzal decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Afzal's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1991–2003 (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.