Raef

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Raef: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Raef: Recorded since 2003, it reached #1,363 in 2016, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1363highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2857
2006	#4052
2008	#1953
2009	#1749
2010	#2036
2011	#2390
2012	#1962
2013	#1920
2014	#1935
2015	#2483
2016	#1363
2017	#1546
2018	#1382
2019	#1745
2020	#1723
2021	#2301
2022	#1692
2023	#2160
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #2857 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1363 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raef by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Raef in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	29	4 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	125	10 of 10	13
2020s	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Raef appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2016.

Raef's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,363, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Raewyn · #25, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arion · #1363, 21y
Ayaaz · #1363, 17y
Bay · #1363, 21y
Dennie · #1363, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ayaaz · #1363, 17y
Bay · #1363, 21y
Gruff · #1363, 18y
Mael · #1363, 19y

Raef and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Raef without appearing here.

Raef moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1363 and #4810.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2857 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Raef

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2036 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1398.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Raef

Brent Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Raef went from #2857 to #1692 while Brent went from #1771 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Raef went from #2857 to #1692 while Ole went from #1771 to #4789.
Tor Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Raef went from #2857 to #1692 while Tor went from #1962 to #3449.
Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raef went from #2036 to #3688 while Braxton went from #4678 to #2088.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raef

Raef at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raef by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Raef appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Raef at a glance

Raef by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Raef and the names beside it

Raef moved ahead of

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