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How popular is the name Aphra?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aphras are alive today.
Aphra (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Afra in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 13 babies were given the name, the 2073rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 46% of its peak.
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 Aphra each year?
Includes all spellings: Aphra, Afra, Afrah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Aphra spelling rank?
Where does the Afra spelling rank?
Where does the Afrah 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 Aphra 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 Aphra spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 13 babies.
How many people are called Aphra?
At least 600 people named Aphra in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aphra?
Most living Aphras are between 7 and 31; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Aphra becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2025 peak.