Recorded 1994–2015 Boys' name Peak 1996 42 births

Nafees — boys' name

42 babies named Nafees in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s212000s152010s6
1990s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Nafees was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

8 babies were named Nafees in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nafees

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Nafees between 1994 and 2015, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nafees currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nafees performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nafees shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nafees 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 42 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.

Nafees at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

42

Since 1994

22 years of records

Peak year

1996

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1994

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2015

Nafees popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1994

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1996)
8
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
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Nafees by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
21 births that decade — 50% of Nafees's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nafees?
42 babies have been named Nafees since 1994. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1996 with 8 births.
When was Nafees most popular?
Nafees was most popular in the 1990s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Nafees been used?
Nafees has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 22 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Nafees?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Naftali, Naftuli, Nafis, Naftoli, 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, 1994–2015 (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.