Afrika Popularity by Year
Follow Afrika across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Afrika 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Girls | 6 | #14,502 | Down 981 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 6 | #13,521 | Down 367 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 6 | #13,154 | Up 1,257 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 5 | #14,411 | Down 6,395 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 11 | #8,016 | Up 1,001 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 9 | #9,017 | Up 2,790 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Down 3,728 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 10 | #8,079 | Down 982 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 12 | #7,097 | Up 1,622 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 9 | #8,719 | Down 2,067 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 13 | #6,652 | Up 6,495 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 1,738 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 6 | #11,409 | Down 2,394 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Up 1,502 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 5 | #10,517 | Down 106 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 3,622 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 9 | #6,789 | Up 3,421 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 4,996 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 12 | #5,214 | Up 1,126 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 9 | #6,340 | Down 292 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 9 | #6,048 | Down 532 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 10 | #5,516 | Down 2,203 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 20 | #3,313 | Up 842 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 14 | #4,155 | Down 261 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 15 | #3,894 | Up 1,242 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 10 | #5,136 | Up 1,934 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 6 | #7,070 | — |