Afrika
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1974
20 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
239
since 1970
Born an Afrika? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Afrika was most popular in 1974, when 20 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Afrika in 2025. Not recorded since 2005.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 14502 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 13521 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 8016 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 9017 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | 7097 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 9 | 8719 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 13 | 6652 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 11409 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | 9015 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 10411 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 6789 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | 10210 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 5214 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 6340 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 10 | 5516 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 20 | 3313 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 4155 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 15 | 3894 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 10 | 5136 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | <5 | — |
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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.