Girls' name · since 2009
Rafeef
140 babies named Rafeef in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,740 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
140 babies have been named Rafeef since 2009, making it today's #8740 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rafeef has been recorded 140 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #8740 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #23,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,740 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 140 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rafeef ranks #23,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,740 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 140 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,740 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rafeef's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rafeef compares
140 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rafeef's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rafeef | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 140 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rafeef's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rafeef's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rafeef popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Rafeef by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (92 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Rafeef's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Rafeef births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 92 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Rafeef's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (92 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rafeef: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rafeef draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.