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Afnan

#3,391 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Tree branches

Afnan has been given to 867 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #3,391 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 45 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Afnan, 2025

1 in 73,700

Afnan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Afnan over time

In 2025, Afnan went to 73% girls and 27% boys.

19852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Afnan: meaning, origin, and history

Tree branches

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Afnan means

Afnan means “tree branches”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 670 girls were recorded with the name Afnan between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,391 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,850 in 2020 to #3,391 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,982 in 2015 to #3,391 in 2025.

In the United States, 197 boys were recorded with the name Afnan between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2018; its best national rank was #5,106 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,624 in 2020 to #5,401 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,753 in 2015 to #5,401 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Afnan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 73,700
45 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 35,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,391
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
51,066 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Afnan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 51,066 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Afnan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Afnans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Afnan was born before 2015 — so the typical Afnan is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
670
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Choose a decade

2010s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (223).

Is Afnan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+69
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,459
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,591
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.67×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2024 (45)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,391
2025

Spellings of Afnan

Afnan is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 59.4% against Afnan's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Afnan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Afnan was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 269,951 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 50,000
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Afnan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Afnan is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Afnan was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 475,851 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Afnan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Afnan around the world

Where Afnan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #1,512
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2017–2024
    #736
    in 2024
  • France
    2005–2025
    #1,084
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #2,104
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2005–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Afnan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,391
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,459
Best rank ever
#3,391
2025
Peak year
2024
45 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
670
Count in 2025
45

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,401
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,223
Best rank ever
#5,106
2018
Peak year
2018
18 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
197
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Afnan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Afnan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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