Africa Popularity by Year
Follow Africa across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Africa birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 8 | #10,917 | Up 4,376 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 5 | #15,293 | Down 6,807 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 12 | #8,486 | Up 570 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 11 | #9,056 | Up 506 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 10 | #9,562 | Up 1,528 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 8 | #11,090 | Up 1,358 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Up 16 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 7 | #12,464 | Down 4,624 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 14 | #7,840 | Up 2,273 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 10 | #10,113 | Up 753 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 9 | #10,866 | Down 1,349 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 11 | #9,517 | Down 1,382 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 14 | #8,135 | Up 4,064 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Down 1,825 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 10 | #10,374 | Up 872 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 9 | #11,246 | Down 3,905 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 17 | #7,341 | Up 67 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 17 | #7,408 | Up 690 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 15 | #8,098 | Down 2,553 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 24 | #5,545 | Up 7,465 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 7 | #13,010 | Down 2,320 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 9 | #10,690 | Down 265 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 9 | #10,425 | Up 3,170 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 6 | #13,595 | Down 6,278 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 14 | #7,317 | Down 509 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 15 | #6,808 | Up 2,671 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 9 | #9,479 | Down 4,356 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 20 | #5,123 | Up 294 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 18 | #5,417 | Down 1,111 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 24 | #4,306 | Down 207 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 25 | #4,099 | Down 207 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 27 | #3,892 | Up 934 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 20 | #4,826 | Up 23 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 20 | #4,849 | Up 810 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 16 | #5,659 | Up 472 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 14 | #6,131 | Up 1,318 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 10 | #7,449 | Up 1,795 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 7 | #9,244 | Down 1,257 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 8 | #7,987 | Down 2,230 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 12 | #5,757 | Up 1,806 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 8 | #7,563 | Up 1,581 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 6 | #9,144 | Down 2,932 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 10 | #6,212 | Down 1,865 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 17 | #4,347 | Down 185 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 18 | #4,162 | Down 170 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 19 | #3,992 | Down 995 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 28 | #2,997 | Down 1,010 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 48 | #1,987 | Up 528 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 34 | #2,515 | Down 488 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 43 | #2,027 | Up 109 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 40 | #2,136 | Up 118 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 35 | #2,254 | Down 744 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 62 | #1,510 | Down 185 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 76 | #1,325 | Up 384 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 53 | #1,709 | Up 1,321 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 22 | #3,030 | Up 2,944 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 7 | #5,974 | — |