girl's name
Afra
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 514
Afra is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Afra is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 23 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1979.
Afra over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1990s | 32 |
| 2000s | 68 |
| 2010s | 46 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 75 |
How popular is Afra?
In 2025, Afra was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Afra is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Afra
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Afra also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Afra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Afra in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Africa
Sibling names for Afra
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Afra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Afra
How popular is the name Afra?
In 2025, Afra was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Afra a girl's or a boy's name?
Afra is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Afra most popular?
Afra peaked in 2025, when 23 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Afra a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Afra currently ranks #1,043 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.