Afred vs Africa
American parents have registered 1,042 Africas since 1880, against 6 Afreds. Africa is still ahead, with 8 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Afred Africa
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 58 years in which either name was published, Africa for 57 years and Afred for 1 year. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Afred | Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 6 | 1,042 |
| Most in one year | 6 | 76 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 0 | 1,000 |
| Median age today | 95 | 39 |
| Peak year | 1930 | 1972 |
| Best rank | 3,592nd boys | 1,325th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,917th |
| First recorded | 1930 | 1969 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 6 | 1,042 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Afreds alive today are over 95; half the Africas are over 39. That is 56 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Afred and Africa.