There are 22 Afro names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Afro names 1 to 20. Within these names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Crystal (English), Cora (English and French), Evangeline (English), Kiana (Hawaiian and English), Amani (Arabic), Aisha (Arabic and English), and Ayana (English and Somali). The unusual Afro names are Beulah (English), Cleopatra (English), Delphina (German), Ebony (English), Lagina (English), Latasha (English), Ophelia (English, German, and Italian), Quanna (English), Rochelle (English), Shameka (English), Shan (English), and Talisa (English). Afro names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1950s up to the 1980s. Their usage peaked in 1987 with 2.291% of baby girls being given Afro names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 10 Afro names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 0.807% with 9 Afro names listed among the top 1000. Among all Afro names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #11 and a usage of 0.5384%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Aisha  764 | alive ... is used especially by Afro Americans. ... |
Amani  583 | wishes, aspirations; ... name is well used by Afro Americans. ... |
Ayana  814 | beautiful flower ... is particularly used by Afro-Americans. ... |
Beulah  | she who is married ... particularly among Afro-Americans. ... |
| Cleopatra | father's glory ... particularly among Afro-Americans. ... |
Cora  322 | maiden, virgin; little ... briefly popular among Afro-Americans in the 20th ... |
Crystal  252 | crystal; Christian woman ... popular among Afro-Americans. ... |
| Delphina | from Delphi; dolphin ...The name has been popular among Afro-Americans. ... |
Ebony  | ebony ... popular mainly among Afro-Americans, especially ... |
Evangeline  450 | gospel, good news; good, well; news, tidings ... is today common among Afro-Americans, and it has ... |
Kiana  474 | light, deity ...The name is popular with Afro-Americans. ... |
| Lagina | It is used mostly by Afro-Americans. ... |
Latasha  | was commonly used by Afro-Americans in the early ... |
Ophelia  | help, profit; serpent ... was then mostly used by Afro-Americans. ... |
| Quanna | it is used mostly by Afro-Americans. ... |
Rochelle  | to roar, battle cry; ... it is widely used among Afro-Americans, in which ... |
Samantha  11 | century, especially by Afro-Americans ... |
Shameka  | It has been used particularly by Afro-Americans. ... |
| Shan | old, wise; river; like ... popular with Afro-Americans, possibly as ... |
| Talisa | It is common among Afro-Americans. ... |
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