Wafa
#11,310 most common girls' name of all time · #18,751 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025
Rank among girls
#11,310
Rank overall
#18,751 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
481
Since 2016
86
Peak year
1999 #6,333
Best rank
#5,762 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Wafa first appears in 1974. 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 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2024 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,715 |
| 2023 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,804 |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,192 |
| 2021 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,156 |
| 2018 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,356 |
| 2017 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,567 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,129 |
| 2014 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,450 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,513 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,418 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,435 |
| 2009 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,910 |
| 2008 | 10 | — | 10 | #11,042 |
| 2007 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,179 |
| 2006 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,404 |
| 2005 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,684 |
| 2004 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,191 |
| 2003 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,182 |
| 2002 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,063 |
| 2001 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,122 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,699 |
| 1999 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,333 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,617 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,623 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,359 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,939 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,517 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,395 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,362 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,855 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,691 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,810 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,810 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,628 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,037 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,814 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,783 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,762 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,762 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,932 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,980 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,885 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,834 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,770 |