Africa
#6,870 most common girls' name of all time · #11,558 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1969–2025
Rank among girls
#6,870
Rank overall
#11,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,042
Since 2016
92
Peak year
1972 #1,336
Best rank
#1,336 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 76/yr
Africa first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,169 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,749 |
| 2023 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,604 |
| 2022 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,221 |
| 2021 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,763 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,323 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,734 |
| 2018 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,740 |
| 2017 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,963 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,273 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,097 |
| 2014 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,667 |
| 2013 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,263 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,479 |
| 2011 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,575 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,465 |
| 2009 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,445 |
| 2008 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,522 |
| 2007 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,220 |
| 2006 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,594 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,338 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,945 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,660 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,995 |
| 2001 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,463 |
| 2000 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,941 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,746 |
| 1998 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,222 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,503 |
| 1996 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,386 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,167 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,959 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,908 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,950 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,814 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,299 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,721 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,691 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,366 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,975 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,933 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,697 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,504 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,469 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,286 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,108 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,063 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,009 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,549 |
| 1976 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,055 |
| 1975 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,164 |
| 1974 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,288 |
| 1973 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,526 |
| 1972 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,336 |
| 1971 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,729 |
| 1970 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,109 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,549 |