girls:
580 births since 1985
#5136 (10th percentile)
boys:
168 births since 2002
#4418 (4th percentile)
overall:
748 births since 1985
#6991 (10th percentile)
The name Afnan is the #6,991 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 748 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 9.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,136 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 580 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,418 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 168 births since 2002.
Afnan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Afnan is available in 34 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 19 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Afnan has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.1% of babies named Afnan were girls.
For girls, Afnan reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #899) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Afnan ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Afnan reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #900) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Afnan ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 64.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Afnan".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Afnan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Afnan is pronounced as AF-NAN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhf-NAHN, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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