Boys' name · since 1973
Jafari
228 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.
- #12,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,948 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jafari is the #10948 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 228 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jafari has been recorded 228 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #10948 nationally and more common than 21% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #12,179 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,948 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 228 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jafari ranks #12,179 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,948 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 228 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,948 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jafari's 228 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jafari compares
228 40th percentile among 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
Jafari's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jafari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 228 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jafari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jafari's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jafari popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Jafari by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Jafari's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jafari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jafari's data
- Jafari's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jafari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Jafari 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.