Nathifa — girls' name
61 babies named Nathifa in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Nathifa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Nathifa in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nathifa
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Nathifa between 1974 and 1995, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nathifa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathifa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nathifa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nathifa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nathifa 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 61 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.
Nathifa at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nathifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1974
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
61 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Nathifa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 25 births that decade — 41% of Nathifa's all-time total
Nathifa decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nathifa's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Nathifa by state
Where Nathifa concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 9.8% |
6 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1974–1995 (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.