How Many People Are Named Afia?
people named Afia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 557,560 people in the US has this name
Based on 621 babies named Afia in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AFUA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Afia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Afia alive today is about 17 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Afia first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2024, to 30 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Afia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,559, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #5,101.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,101 |
| Best rank | #4,559 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,798 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Afia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Afia were born in New York than in any other state: about 90 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Afia was given about 14.8 times as often in New York.
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