Afua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-foo-ah
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Afua is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Friday”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Afua mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Friday”
Akan day name given to a girl born on a Friday.
Is Afua a girl's or a boy's name?
Afua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Afua, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Afua than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Afua in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Afua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Afua in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Afua in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Afua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adesuwa Chioma Aaliyah Anjolaoluwa Amira Araoluwa Ayomide Awa Temiloluwa Aliya Ifeoluwa Amina
Names related to Afua
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Kwame Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Afua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/afua, updated 20 October 2026.