Afrah
Afrah or Afraah is an Arabic feminine given name and surname meaning "joyful, happiness, gladness, delight, pleasure, merriment, exhilaration", "high spirits, joy (delight) of the chest" and is also the literal word for "wedding". The name is the plural or the superlative form of the name Farah. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Afrah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Afrah or Afraah is an Arabic feminine given name and surname meaning "joyful, happiness, gladness, delight, pleasure, merriment, exhilaration", "high spirits, joy (delight) of the chest" and is also the literal word for "wedding". The name is the plural or the superlative form of the name Farah. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Afrah
Afrah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 18 Afrahs were born — ranking #6,520 that year. As of 2026, Afrah ranks #11,069 for baby girls with 8 births, falling sharply (-47%). In total, more than 275 Afrahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Afrah
Afrah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 275 births in the dataset. Afrah's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #6,520. Use the chart and map above to compare Afrah'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 .
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