Afia
Meaning
“Friday-born female in the Fante (coastal Akan) form of the Akan day-name system, the dialect variant of Afua”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Afia has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
164 people · the #29,254 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 23
Among people named Afia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Afia
Most people given the name Afia in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Afia deep dive
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