Rafan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafan

The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Rafan between 2008 and 2021, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rafan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rafan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafan 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 128 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.