Raef — #9126 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raef

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Raef between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raef currently holds the #9126 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raef performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Raef shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Colorado, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raef in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raef in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 367 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.