Girls' name · since 1981
Nafisah
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 131 babies named Nafisah, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,448 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nafisah currently ranks #15448 among girls' names in America, with 131 babies recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nafisah has been recorded 131 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #15448 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #24,191 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,448 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 131 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nafisah ranks #24,191 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,448 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 131 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,448 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nafisah's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nafisah compares
131 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Nafisah's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nafisah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 131 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nafisah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nafisah's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nafisah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Nafisah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (63 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Nafisah's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nafisah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 63 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Nafisah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Nafisah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Nafisah 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.