Jafar is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1994 and has grown less common since.
Jafar is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,961 for boy births in the United States (and #14,628 across all names), given to 12 babies. Jafar first appears in 1975 and peaked in 1994 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #6,961 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | #4,623 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | #4,956 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | #6,989 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #7,301 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | #5,817 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #7,355 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #4,821 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #5,910 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #5,380 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | #5,119 |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | #4,916 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #4,826 |
| 2008 | 18 | 18 | #5,141 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | #7,819 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #4,579 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #5,400 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #5,939 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #6,432 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #4,584 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #4,569 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #5,403 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #6,224 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #4,990 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #5,086 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #3,901 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | #4,373 |
| 1994 | 33 | — | #2,368 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #4,554 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #6,970 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,655 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | #5,552 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #4,970 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,416 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,733 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #4,624 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,403 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #5,887 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #3,986 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,767 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,802 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #2,776 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #3,668 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #3,983 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #4,811 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #5,832 |