How Many People Are Named Afra?
An estimated 200 people in the United States have the first name Afra. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Afra peaked in popularity in 2006 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Afra 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 Afra paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
200
About 1 in 1,713,772 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2006
14 births
Total Registered
203
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Afra
Afra is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 203 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Afra as a female name
Ranked #7,572 in 2024
14 female births in 2024
Peak: 2006 (14 births)
Afra: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Afra span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 68 babies were registered. While Afra is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Afra by Decade
How has Afra 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.
Afra by State
Afra + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Afra as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Afra: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Afra?
We estimate approximately 200 people named Afra 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 1,713,772 Americans share this first name.
Is Afra a common name?
Afra is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 203 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Afra most popular?
Afra reached peak popularity in 2006, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Afra is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Afra a female name?
Afra is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Afra Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Afra Smith, Afra Johnson, Afra 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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