girl's name

Afrika

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 245

Afrika is a girl's name. In 2005 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1974, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Afrika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2005, not a full ten years.

110
'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Afrika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 110
1980s 25
1990s 86
2000s (to 2005) 18

How popular is Afrika?

In 2005, Afrika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Afrika is used

England & Wales #7,245 3 in 2012
United States #15,679 6 in 2005

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Afrika

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Afrika also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Afrika over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Afrika

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Afrika — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Afrika

How popular is the name Afrika?

In 2005, Afrika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Afrika a girl's or a boy's name?

Afrika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Afrika most popular?

Afrika peaked in 1974, when 20 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.