Names / Boy names
Aftab
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#8,663
in 2003
First recorded
2002
in U.S. data
Children named
20
since 2002
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #8,663 in 2003 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Aftab makes its debut in American naming records in 2002, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 20 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.