Feminine dossier · first seen 1969

Africa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Africa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1969Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

93.4%

2024

All-time

1,034

Africa has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 76 girls were named Africa.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 93.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,034 Americans have been named Africa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1969.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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