Rafat — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafat

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Rafat between 1991 and 2016, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafat currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafat performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rafat shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rafat in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafat 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 40 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.