Girls' name · since 1996
Wafaa
Wafaa has 81 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,720 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
81 babies have been named Wafaa since 1996, making it today's #15720 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Wafaa recorded 81 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #15720 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #29,539 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,720 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 81 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wafaa ranks #29,539 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,720 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 81 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,720 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Wafaa's 81 recorded births place it above 59.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wafaa compares
81 22nd 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
Wafaa's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wafaa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 81 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wafaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wafaa's full recorded timeline at 2009, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wafaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Wafaa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (34 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Wafaa's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Wafaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 34 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Wafaa's data
- Wafaa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wafaa: 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 (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Wafaa 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.