Jafar
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 671since 1975
Jafar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jafar has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
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| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Jafar! It came in at #5,464, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jafar is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jafar in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,232 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #6,803)
- 1,104 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #6,803)
- 1,514 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1994 at #2,347 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 58,546
- Highest: 1 in 58,546 boys born in 1994 were named Jafar (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 25.9% of all boys named Jafar (174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32 | #3,569 (1979) | #4,368 |
| 1980s | 85 | #2,729 (1980) | #4,910 |
| 1990s | 134 | #2,347 (1994) | #5,010 |
| 2000s | 154 | #4,476 (2001) | #5,355 |
| 2010s | 174 | #4,538 (2014) | #5,283 |
| 2020s | 92 | #4,571 (2024) | #5,979 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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