Aphra
Girl · AF-ra
Aphra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Aphra mean?
Variant of Afra, Latin 'African woman', or from a Hebrew word for 'dust'
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the first Englishwomen to earn her living as a writer.
- Say it
- AF-ra
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Is Aphra a girl's or a boy's name?
Aphra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aphra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Aphra, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aphra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were given Aphra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Aphra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Aphra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla Ayra Amara Alba Ada Arya Aurora Amira Irha Raya Aadhya Mirha
Other spellings of Aphra
Afra Afraa