How Many People Are Named Wafa?
An estimated 456 people in the United States have the first name Wafa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Wafa peaked in popularity in 1999 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Wafa 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 Wafa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
456
About 1 in 751,654 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1999
16 births
Total Registered
469
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Wafa
Wafa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 469 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Wafa as a female name
Ranked #7,903 in 2024
14 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (16 births)
Wafa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Wafa span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 118 babies were registered. While Wafa is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Wafa by Decade
How has Wafa 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.
Wafa by State
Wafa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Wafa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Wafa
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Wafa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wafa?
We estimate approximately 456 people named Wafa 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 751,654 Americans share this first name.
Is Wafa a common name?
Wafa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 469 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Wafa most popular?
Wafa reached peak popularity in 1999, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Wafa is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Wafa a female name?
Wafa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Wafa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Wafa Smith, Wafa Johnson, Wafa 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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