Raifa — #16931 US girls' name
22 babies named Raifa in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 4% of names given to girls today.
77% of everyone ever named Raifa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Raifa in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raifa
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Raifa between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raifa currently holds the #16931 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raifa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Raifa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raifa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raifa 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 22 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.
Raifa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #16931 among girls.
22 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 7 births in a single year.
Raifa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 77% of Raifa's all-time total
Raifa decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Raifa's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
Raifa by state
Where Raifa concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 22.7% |
5 of 22 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 22.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 22.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2015–2024 (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.