How Many People Are Named Afia?
An estimated 582 people in the United States have the first name Afia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Afia peaked in popularity in 2024 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Afia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Afia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
582
About 1 in 588,925 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2024
29 births
Total Registered
594
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Afia
Afia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 594 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Afia as a female name
Ranked #4,653 in 2024
29 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (29 births)
Afia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Afia span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 178 babies were registered. While Afia is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Afia by Decade
How has Afia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Afia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Afia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Afia
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
Afia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Afia?
We estimate approximately 582 people named Afia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 588,925 Americans share this first name.
Is Afia a common name?
Afia is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 594 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Afia most popular?
Afia reached peak popularity in 2024, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Afia is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Afia a female name?
Afia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Afia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Afia Smith, Afia Johnson, Afia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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