Rafay — #6645 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafay

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Rafay between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafay currently holds the #6645 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rafay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Rafay in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafay 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 286 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.