Total births
10
Recorded 1998–1999 Girls' name Peak 1998 10 births
Rifa — girls' name
10 babies named Rifa in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
1990s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Rifa was born in this single decade.
1998
Single peak year
5 babies were named Rifa in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rifa
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Rifa between 1998 and 1999, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rifa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rifa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rifa 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 10 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.
Rifa at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
1998
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1998
Rifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
Rifa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Rifa's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Rifa? ▼
10 babies have been named Rifa since 1998. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1998 with 5 births.
When was Rifa most popular? ▼
Rifa was most popular in the 1990s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
How long has the name Rifa been used? ▼
Rifa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 2 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Rifa? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rifka, Rifky. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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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, 1998–1999 (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.