Rafee

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rafee: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #2,578, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2578highest recorded position
2groupings 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	#3467
2004	#2578
2007	#2741
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2024	#3688

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 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 #3467 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: #2578 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (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

Rafee 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 Rafee in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	16	5 of 10	3
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Rafee 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: #2578 in England and Wales in 2004.

Rafee'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	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 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,578, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 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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Raffaele · #1247, 24y

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.

Fardin · #2578, 10y
Romell · #2578, 14y
Adalie · #2574, 10y
Adelie · #2574, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Haneef · #2578, 17y
Romell · #2578, 14y
Adelie · #2574, 11y
Aitana · #2574, 16y

Rafee 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 Rafee without appearing here.

Rafee moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4702 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4702 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4702 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Rafee

Matheo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #2276.
Aksel Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #3158.
Rune Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #4632.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2578 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rafee

Rafee at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rafee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rafee appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Rafee and the names beside it

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Rafee at a glance

Rafee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rafee appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Rafee and the names beside it

Rafee moved ahead of

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