Afrika
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 239since 1970
Afrika over time
Rank among girls' names. Afrika has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
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| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Afrika! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1989, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Afrika is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,225 · 1 in 15,834
Best ever in a state: #1,225 in New York, 1972.
Show every state
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| New York | #1,225 | 7 | 1 in 15,834 |
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See more about Afrika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1974 at #3,313 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 73,377 girls born in 1974 were named Afrika (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,974 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 46.0% of all girls named Afrika (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 110 | #3,313 (1974) | #5,690 |
| 1980s | 25 | #6,789 (1980) | #9,183 |
| 1990s | 86 | #6,652 (1992) | #9,835 |
| 2000s | 18 | #13,154 (2000) | #13,726 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Afrika in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 101,416 of them was named Afrika, which outranked 59.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,714Yana16
- #3,714Yolander16
- #3,714Yvonda16
- #3,894Afrika15
- #3,894Aimie15
- #3,894Akiko15
- #3,894Alix15
- #4,091Abbe14
- #4,091Alfred14
- #4,091Alfredia14
Tied with 196 names at #3,894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.