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How popular is the name Afia?

Births per year, rank history and how many Afias are alive today.

Afia (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1454th in 2025 and given to 21 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 34 babies were given the name, the 1037th most popular that year.

The Afia you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Afias born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 470 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Afia - on average, only one in every 671 such rooms contains a Afia.

How many babies are named Afia each year?

0102030200020201997: 61998: 61999: 72000: 62001: 42002: 42003: 82004: 42005: 102006: 102007: 92008: 182009: 212010: 272011: 282012: 342013: 182014: 212015: 182016: 162017: 152018: 162019: 132020: 222021: 112022: 202023: 212024: 222025: 21actual

Where does Afia rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,4111998: ranked 2,4071999: ranked 2,1892000: ranked 2,4162001: ranked 3,2622002: ranked 3,4092003: ranked 2,1912004: ranked 3,7252005: ranked 2,0842006: ranked 2,1372007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 1,5162009: ranked 1,3652010: ranked 1,1802011: ranked 1,1682012: ranked 1,0372013: ranked 1,6392014: ranked 1,4562015: ranked 1,6492016: ranked 1,8342017: ranked 1,9112018: ranked 1,7882019: ranked 2,0402020: ranked 1,3972021: ranked 2,3412022: ranked 1,5012023: ranked 1,4692024: ranked 1,4492025: ranked 1,454

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Afia per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 34 in 2012
Afia: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Afia most popular?

Afia peaked in 2012, when 34 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Afia?

At least 470 people named Afia born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Afia?

Most living Afias are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 15.

Is Afia becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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