Rafid — boys' name
60 babies named Rafid in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Rafid was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Rafid in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rafid
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Rafid between 1995 and 2018, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafid currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafid performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rafid shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rafid in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rafid 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 60 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.
Rafid at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rafid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
60 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 8 births in a single year.
Rafid by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 36 births that decade — 60% of Rafid's all-time total
Rafid decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rafid's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Rafid by state
Where Rafid concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 18.3% |
11 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 18.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 18.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.