Rafe — #1311 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafe

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,754 babies named Rafe between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafe currently holds the #1311 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 148 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafe performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 783 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rafe shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Rafe in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafe 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 2,754 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.