Boys' name · since 1968
Arif
Arif has 714 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,354 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,800 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 714
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Arif currently ranks #7800 among boys' names in America, with 714 babies recorded since 1968.
Arif has 714 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7800 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #6,354 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,800 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 714 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arif ranks #6,354 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,800 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 714 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,354 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,800 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 714
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Arif's 714 recorded births place it above 86% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Arif compares
714 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Arif's all-time total is 93% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arif | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 714 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arif's full recorded timeline at 1998, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Arif by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (159 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Arif's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Arif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
72 births
- 1980s
1980s
137 births
- 1990s
1990s
149 births
- 2000s
2000s
159 births
- 2010s
2010s
112 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 159 births (22% of all-time use).
How Arif compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Arif's total volume
Arif by state
Where Arif concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 102 | 14.3% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.4% |
102 of 714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Arif's data
- Arif's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (159 total births) through the 2020s (70) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Arifs (102 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arif: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Arif 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.