Arfan — #10472 US boys' name
64 babies named Arfan in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to boys today.
69% of everyone ever named Arfan was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Arfan in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arfan
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Arfan between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arfan currently holds the #10472 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arfan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Arfan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arfan 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 64 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.
Arfan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Arfan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2011)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #10472 among boys.
64 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 12 births in a single year.
Arfan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 44 births that decade — 69% of Arfan's all-time total
Arfan decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arfan's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 2006–2024 (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.