Zafar — #12933 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zafar

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Zafar between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zafar currently holds the #12933 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zafar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zafar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zafar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zafar 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 139 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.