Boys' name · since 2006
Zaafir
15 babies named Zaafir in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,718 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
15 boys have been named Zaafir since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zaafir has 15 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2024.
- #31,718 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaafir ranks #31,718 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,718 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaafir's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zaafir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zaafir's full recorded timeline at 2020, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births.
Zaafir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Zaafir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Zaafir's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Zaafir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaafir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2006–2024 (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 Zaafir 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.