# Afia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/afia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 621 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 621 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 436, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* From Arabic * From Akan

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 7,790 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,586 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,041 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,647 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,658 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8,891 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,344 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,527 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,800 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,648 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,698 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6,988 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,970 |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,561 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,102 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 1,168 |
| 2012 | 34 | 1,037 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## People named Afia

- Afia Charles, Antiguan sprint athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.