Wafi — boys' name
40 babies named Wafi in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Wafi was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Wafi in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wafi
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Wafi between 2008 and 2022, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wafi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wafi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wafi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wafi 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 40 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.
Wafi at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wafi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2008
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
40 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 7 births in a single year.
Wafi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 23 births that decade — 57% of Wafi's all-time total
Wafi decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Wafi's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 2008–2022 (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.