Afifah
Afifah is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay.
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Malay
Meaning & Origin of Afifah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Afifah is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Malay
The Story of Afifah
The earliest SSA record of Afifah as a baby girl name dates back to 2003, when 5 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Afifah — #15,782 in the national rankings. About 67% of every Afifah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Afifah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Afifah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Afifah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Afifah
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About the name Afifah
Afifah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Afifah's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #15,782. Use the chart and map above to compare Afifah'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.