Boys' name · since 1993
Jaafar
61 babies named Jaafar in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,766 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 61
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
61 boys have been named Jaafar since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jaafar has 61 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2023.
- #20,766 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 61 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaafar ranks #20,766 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,766 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 61
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaafar's 61 recorded births place it above 54.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaafar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaafar's full recorded timeline at 2008, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaafar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2023
- Peak year (1993)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jaafar by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Jaafar's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jaafar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Jaafar's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaafar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1993–2023 (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 Jaafar 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.