Total births
11
Recorded 2018–2019 Girls' name Peak 2018 11 births
Anfa — girls' name
11 babies named Anfa in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Anfa was born in this single decade.
2018
Single peak year
6 babies were named Anfa in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anfa
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Anfa between 2018 and 2019, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anfa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anfa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anfa 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 11 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.
Anfa at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2018
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2018
Anfa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2018
- Peak year (2018)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
Anfa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Anfa's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Anfa? ▼
11 babies have been named Anfa since 2018. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2018 with 6 births.
When was Anfa most popular? ▼
Anfa was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Anfa been used? ▼
Anfa has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 2 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Anfa? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anfal, Anfisa. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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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, 2018–2019 (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.