Total births
16
Recorded 2012–2013 Boys' name Peak 2013 16 births
Yafi — boys' name
16 babies named Yafi in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Yafi was born in this single decade.
2013
Single peak year
10 babies were named Yafi in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yafi
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Yafi between 2012 and 2013, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yafi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yafi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yafi 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 16 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.
Yafi at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
2013
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2012
Yafi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2012
- Peak year (2013)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
Yafi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 16 births that decade — 100% of Yafi's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Yafi? ▼
16 babies have been named Yafi since 2012. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2013 with 10 births.
When was Yafi most popular? ▼
Yafi was most popular in the 2010s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Yafi been used? ▼
Yafi has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 2 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Yafi? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yafet. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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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, 2012–2013 (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.