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How popular is the name Affan?

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

Affan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1035th in 2025 and given to 29 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 36 babies were given the name, the 861st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Affan you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Affans born in England and Wales are between 5 and 14, and there are at least 460 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Affan - on average, only one in every 659 such rooms contains a Affan.

How many babies are named Affan each year?

010203020202001: 32005: 62006: 72007: 142008: 82009: 122010: 182011: 232012: 142013: 262014: 332015: 302016: 202017: 362018: 292019: 202020: 272021: 152022: 312023: 252024: 182025: 29actual

Where does Affan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202001: ranked 3,1342005: ranked 2,4182006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 1,5062008: ranked 2,2762009: ranked 1,7492010: ranked 1,3442011: ranked 1,1242012: ranked 1,6692013: ranked 1,0442014: ranked 8892015: ranked 9772016: ranked 1,3192017: ranked 8612018: ranked 9852019: ranked 1,2532020: ranked 1,0192021: ranked 1,5952022: ranked 9672023: ranked 1,1392024: ranked 1,4602025: ranked 1,035

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 Affan per year in England and Wales, 2001 to 2025, peaking at about 36 in 2017
Affan: births per year in England and Wales, 2001-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Affan most popular?

Affan peaked in 2017, when 36 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Affan?

At least 460 people named Affan born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Affan?

Most living Affans are between 5 and 14; the most common age is about 12.

Is Affan becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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