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How popular is the name Afrah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Afrahs are alive today.
Afrah (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Afra in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2521st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 9 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Afra you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Afras born in England and Wales are between 7 and 31, and there are at least 600 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 Afra - on average, only one in every 525 such rooms contains a Afra.
How many babies are named Afrah each year?
Includes all spellings: Afrah, Afra, Aphra. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Afrah spelling rank?
Where does the Afra spelling rank?
Where does the Aphra spelling rank?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Afrah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Afra, peaked in 2025, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Afrah spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 10 babies.
How many people are called Afrah?
At least 600 people named Afrah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Afrah?
Most living Afrahs are between 7 and 31; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Afrah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.