Girls' name · since 2015
Rafif
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 58 babies named Rafif, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,722 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rafif currently ranks #11722 among girls' names in America, with 58 babies recorded since 2015.
Rafif has 58 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11722 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #33,335 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,722 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 58 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rafif ranks #33,335 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,722 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 58 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,722 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rafif's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rafif compares
58 17th 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
Rafif's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rafif | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 58 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rafif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rafif's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rafif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #11722 among girls.
58 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 8 births in a single year.
Rafif by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Rafif's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rafif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (55% of all-time use).
Rafif decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rafif: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2015–2025 (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 Rafif 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.
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