Nafeesa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nafeesa

The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Nafeesa between 1976 and 2016, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nafeesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nafeesa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nafeesa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nafeesa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nafeesa 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 203 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.