Recorded 1973–2023 Boys' name Peak 2020 217 births

Jafari — boys' name

217 babies named Jafari in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s291980s191990s372000s562010s462020s30
2000s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Jafari was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

18 babies were named Jafari in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jafari

The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Jafari between 1973 and 2023, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jafari currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jafari performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jafari shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jafari 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 217 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.

Jafari at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

217

Since 1973

51 years of records

Peak year

2020

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1973

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2023

Jafari popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1973

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2020)
18
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
05101520 202320182013200620011996198319781973 5

Jafari by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
56 births that decade — 26% of Jafari's all-time total
1970s291980s191990s372000s562010s462020s30

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jafari?
217 babies have been named Jafari since 1973. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2020 with 18 births.
When was Jafari most popular?
Jafari was most popular in the 2000s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Jafari been used?
Jafari has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 51 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Jafari?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jafet, Jafar, Jafeth, Jaffer, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1973–2023 (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.