Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Afshin

#19,472 most common boys' name of all time · #51,142 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–1994

Rank among boys
#19,472
Rank overall
#51,142 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
52
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1984 #4,824
Best rank
#3,936 1972
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1980

Afshin first appears in 1972. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1994 — 5 5 #9,259
1987 — 5 5 #7,504
1986 — 6 6 #6,386
1985 — 5 5 #7,090
1984 — 8 8 #4,824
1983 — 5 5 #6,834
1980 — 5 5 #6,845
1979 — 5 5 #6,658
1972 — 8 8 #3,936