Girls' name · since 2005
Arfa
214 babies named Arfa in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,101 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,064 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
214 babies have been named Arfa since 2005, making it today's #7064 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Arfa recorded 214 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #7064 nationally today, ahead of 59% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #19,101 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,064 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arfa ranks #19,101 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,064 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 214 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,101 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,064 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arfa's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Arfa compares
214 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arfa's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arfa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arfa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arfa's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arfa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Arfa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Arfa's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Arfa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (51% of all-time use).
Arfa by state
Where Arfa concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 39 | 18.2% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 2.8% |
39 of 214 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Arfa's data
- Arfa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (110 total births) through the 2020s (88) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Arfas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Arfa
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Arfa
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arfa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Arfa 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.