Africa
Africa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197276 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 1,034people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,034 girls have been named Africa in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 76 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1970s alone account for 43%.
By decade
In 1972, its biggest year
Africa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1972 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Africa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nyreepeak 1973
- Keyshapeak 1976
- Maishapeak 1977
- Nissapeak 1974
- Angelicpeak 1992
- Jamillahpeak 1975
- Cicelypeak 1974
- Lamonicapeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.