Rafi — #3170 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafi

The Social Security Administration has registered 691 babies named Rafi between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafi currently holds the #3170 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rafi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rafi in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafi 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 691 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.