Recorded 1981–2008 Girls' name Peak 2001 126 births

Nafisah — girls' name

126 babies named Nafisah in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s221990s632000s41
1990s
Peak decade

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

2001
Single peak year

11 babies were named Nafisah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nafisah

The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Nafisah between 1981 and 2008, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nafisah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nafisah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nafisah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nafisah 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 126 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.

Nafisah at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

126

Since 1981

28 years of records

Peak year

2001

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1981

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2008

Nafisah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1981

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2001)
11
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
4681012 2008200219991995199219871981 5

Nafisah by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
63 births that decade — 50% of Nafisah's all-time total
1980s221990s632000s41

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nafisah?
126 babies have been named Nafisah since 1981. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 2001 with 11 births.
When was Nafisah most popular?
Nafisah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Nafisah been used?
Nafisah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 28 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Nafisah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nafisa, Nafeesah, Nafeesa, Nafia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1981–2008 (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.