Boys' name · since 2017
Rafsan
Rafsan has 65 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,371 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,154 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
65 babies have been named Rafsan since 2017, making it today's #8154 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Rafsan recorded 65 times among boys since 2017, holding rank #8154 nationally today, ahead of 41% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #20,371 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,154 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rafsan ranks #20,371 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,154 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 65 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,371 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,154 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rafsan's 65 recorded births place it above 55.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Rafsan compares
65 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Rafsan's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rafsan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rafsan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rafsan's full recorded timeline at 2022, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rafsan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Rafsan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Rafsan's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Rafsan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (72% of all-time use).
Rafsan by state
Where Rafsan concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 13 | 20.0% |
13 of 65 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Rafsans (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2017–2025 (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 Rafsan 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.