Given name
Aafia
“born on a Friday”
In English use, Aafia has a related form in Afia. One African interpretation is “born on a Friday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Aafia has a related form in Afia. One African interpretation is “born on a Friday.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Aafia has a related form in Afia. An origin associated with Afia is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aafia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 0 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,210 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,210 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aafia’s family of names
In English usage, Aafia has a related form in Afia. In English usage, Aafia has a related form in Afia. In English usage, Aafia has a conventional equivalent in the Urdu form عافی.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aafia has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.