How Many People Are Named Jafar?
people named Jafar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 521,808 people in the US has this name
Based on 671 babies named Jafar in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "stream" in Arabic. Jafar ibn Abi Talib was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who was killed fighting against Byzantium in the 7th century. Another notable bearer was Jafar al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jafar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jafar alive today is about 21 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jafar first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1994, to 33 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jafar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,363, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #6,957.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,957 |
| Best rank | #2,363 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,308 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jafar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jafar were born in New York than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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