Is Nafis a boy or girl name?

Nafis is a boy’s name. Of the 544 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Nafis

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Nafis was most popular in 1992, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,087 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 544 people named Nafis.

Nafis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nafis’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nafis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nafis is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 544 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Nafis

Where Nafis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Pennsylvania 17.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org