Africa

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Africa first appears in the U.S. data in 1969 and has been recorded in 56 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 76 babies (rank #1,325 that year). In 2024 it was given to 5 girls (rank #15,287). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
1,034
Total babies (all years)
56
Years in the data
76
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19697#5,979
197022#3,030
197153#1,709
197276#1,325
197362#1,510
197435#2,254
197540#2,136
197643#2,027
197734#2,516
197848#1,988
197928#2,997
198019#3,995
198118#4,162
198217#4,347
198310#6,216
19846#9,153
19858#7,567
198612#5,760
19878#7,989
19887#9,254
198910#7,457
199014#6,133
199116#5,665
199220#4,848
199320#4,827
199427#3,893
199525#4,099
199624#4,310
199718#5,419
199820#5,127
19999#9,495
200015#6,813
200114#7,328
20026#13,625
20039#10,440
20049#10,706
20057#13,040
200624#5,553
200715#8,104
200817#7,415
200917#7,346
20109#11,272
201110#10,392
20128#12,228
201314#8,154
201411#9,533
20159#10,886
201610#10,127
201714#7,846
20187#12,505
20197#12,483
20208#11,118
202110#9,577
202211#9,070
202312#8,485
20245#15,287