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
0%100%Median name50%32.2%
Rafif vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Rafif's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
8
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
456789 201520162018201920212022202320242025 8

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rafif?
58 babies have been named Rafif since 2015. All-time, it sits at #33,335 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,722 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2019 with 8 births.
Where does Rafif sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Rafif most popular?
Rafif was most popular in the 2020s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Rafif been used?
The SSA has tracked Rafif since 2015 -- 11 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Rafif?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rafaela, Rafaella, Raffaela, Rafael, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

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.

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.