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.

Jafar

#6,121 most common boys' name of all time · #15,253 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#6,121
Rank overall
#15,253 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
671
Since 2016
157
Peak year
1994 #2,383
Best rank
#2,383 1994
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
198020002020

Jafar first appears in 1975. 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
2025 — 12 12 #6,918
2024 — 22 22 #4,631
2023 — 20 20 #4,955
2022 — 12 12 #6,969
2021 — 11 11 #7,243
2020 — 15 15 #5,798
2019 — 11 11 #7,323
2018 — 20 20 #4,817
2017 — 15 15 #5,909
2016 — 19 19 #5,023
2015 — 17 17 #5,379
2014 — 21 21 #4,618
2013 — 15 15 #5,760
2012 — 18 18 #5,119
2011 — 19 19 #4,891
2010 — 19 19 #4,939
2009 — 20 20 #4,816
2008 — 18 18 #5,141
2007 — 10 10 #7,799
2006 — 20 20 #4,601
2005 — 15 15 #5,407
2004 — 13 13 #5,949
2003 — 11 11 #6,441
2002 — 17 17 #4,594
2001 — 17 17 #4,581
2000 — 13 13 #5,426
1999 — 10 10 #6,269
1998 — 13 13 #5,025
1997 — 12 12 #5,126
1996 — 17 17 #3,954
1995 — 14 14 #4,422
1994 — 33 33 #2,383
1993 — 13 13 #4,590
1992 — 7 7 #7,027
1991 — 6 6 #7,735
1990 — 9 9 #5,644
1989 — 10 10 #5,036
1988 — 8 8 #5,566
1987 — 7 7 #5,879
1986 — 9 9 #4,745
1985 — 7 7 #5,598
1984 — 6 6 #6,094
1983 — 10 10 #4,095
1982 — 5 5 #6,986
1981 — 6 6 #6,049
1980 — 17 17 #2,828
1979 — 11 11 #3,790
1978 — 9 9 #4,125
1977 — 7 7 #5,051
1975 — 5 5 #6,207