Raffi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Raffi: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2024	#5891

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1282 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raffi 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 Raffi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	34	6 of 10	6
2010s	102	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	139	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Raffi appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Raffi'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	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#746	44	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Raffaella · #1687, 22y
Rafferty · #172, 25y
Raffy · #1053, 11y
Rafi · #535, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Aras · #727, 17y
Bleu · #727, 23y
Cash · #727, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Advait · #727, 13y
Aras · #727, 17y
Cass · #727, 19y

Raffi was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Raffi 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 Raffi without appearing here.

Raffi moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1470 and #4812.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1470 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1470 and #4812.
Daithi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Raffi

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1108 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Raffi

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 while Aaron went from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 while Adam went from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 while Alan went from #296 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Raffi

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 and Albie from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 and Archie from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 and Arlo from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raffi went from #3467 to #1282 and Arthur from #168 to #4.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raffi

Raffi at a glance

What the data shows

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Raffi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Raffi at a glance

Raffi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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