Recorded 1984–2013 Boys' name Peak 2006 58 births

Rafik — boys' name

58 babies named Rafik in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s101990s242000s142010s10
1990s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Rafik was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

9 babies were named Rafik in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rafik

The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Rafik between 1984 and 2013, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rafik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafik 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 58 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.

Rafik at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

58

Since 1984

30 years of records

Peak year

2006

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1984

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2013

Rafik popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1984

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2006)
9
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
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Rafik by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
24 births that decade — 41% of Rafik's all-time total
1980s101990s242000s142010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rafik?
58 babies have been named Rafik since 1984. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2006 with 9 births.
When was Rafik most popular?
Rafik was most popular in the 1990s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Rafik been used?
Rafik has been recorded in Social Security data since 1984, spanning 30 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Rafik?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rafael, Rafe, Raffaele, Rafeal, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1984–2013 (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.