Girls' name · since 2015
Raifa
Raifa has 30 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,723 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
30 babies have been named Raifa since 2015, making it today's #11723 girls' name.
Raifa has 30 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11723 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- 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.
- #41,054 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,723 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 30 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raifa ranks #41,054 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,723 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,723 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raifa's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Raifa compares
30 11th 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
Raifa's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raifa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raifa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raifa splits its recorded history at 2019: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Raifa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Raifa's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Raifa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (57% 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 | 16.7% |
5 of 30 births nationwide.
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What to do with Raifa's data
- Raifa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Raifas (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Raifa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
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 Raifa 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.