Afifa
Afifa is either a surname or a given name.
- Arabic
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Afifa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Afifa is either a surname or a given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Bengali
The Story of Afifa
American parents first put Afifa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1990, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 11 Afifas were born — ranking #9,900 that year. About 37% of every Afifa on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Afifa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Afifa
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Afifa. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Afifa
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About the name Afifa
Afifa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Afifa's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #9,900. Use the chart and map above to compare Afifa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.