Girls' name · since 1974
Wafa
481 babies named Wafa in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,490 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 481
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Wafa currently ranks #8490 among girls' names in America, with 481 babies recorded since 1974.
Wafa has 481 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8490 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #12,153 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,490 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 481 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wafa ranks #12,153 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,490 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 481 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,490 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 481
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Wafa's 481 recorded births place it above 83.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Wafa compares
481 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Wafa's all-time total is 28% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wafa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 481 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wafa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wafa's full recorded timeline at 2000, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wafa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Wafa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (118 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Wafa's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Wafa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
97 births
- 1990s
1990s
103 births
- 2000s
2000s
118 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 118 births (25% of all-time use).
Wafa by state
Where Wafa concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.1% |
10 of 481 births nationwide.
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What to do with Wafa's data
- Wafa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Wafas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wafa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Wafa 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.