Afua
Afua or Efua is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.
- Akan
Meaning & Origin of Afua
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Afua or Efua is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Akan
The Story of Afua
Afua first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 14 births, good for #7,157 nationwide. About 36% of every Afua on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Afua last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 200 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Afua
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Afua. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Afua
Phonetically similar names — useful when Afua is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Afoa
- Afu
- Afula
- Uffa
- Ifia
- Afew
- Afia
- Afar
- Affair
- Afoot
- Afire
- Afair
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Afua
Afua is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 200 births in the dataset. Afua's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #7,157. Use the chart and map above to compare Afua'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.