Rafi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rafi: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #535, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#535highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2022
1998	#1367
1999	#1281
2000	#1552
2001	#1467
2002	#1651
2003	#1629
2004	#1110
2005	#1377
2006	#1545
2007	#1014
2008	#757
2009	#884
2010	#1407
2011	#1087
2012	#947
2013	#1183
2014	#866
2015	#903
2016	#1022
2017	#943
2018	#749
2019	#798
2020	#766
2021	#618
2022	#679
2023	#645
2024	#552

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #552 among boys in England and Wales, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — 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 #552 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rafi 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 Rafi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000s	170	10 of 10	17
2010s	303	10 of 10	30
2020sbusiest	275	5 of 10	55

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 55 births a year.

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

Rafi 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024.

Rafi'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	#552	69	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#645	55	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#618	60	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#766	41	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#798	39	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#749	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1022	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#947	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#884	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#757	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #535, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Raffi · #727, 21y
Raffy · #1053, 11y
Rafia · #1646, 25y
Raghad · #689, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Benji · #535, 25y
Dax · #535, 24y
Franco · #535, 28y
Soren · #535, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Benji · #535, 25y
Dax · #535, 24y
Ford · #535, 24y
Forest · #535, 17y

Rafi was ranked #535 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.

Rafi 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 Rafi without appearing here.

Rafi moved ahead of

Leif Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1591 and #1591 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1281 and #2943.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.
Anders Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1629 and #2857.

Moved ahead of Rafi

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #884 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #668.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1110 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #982.
Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #749 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #798 and #634.

Moved the opposite way to Rafi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Rafi

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rafi went from #1591 to #552 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rafi

Rafi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rafi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rafi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rafi at a glance

Rafi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rafi appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rafi

Rafi and the names beside it

Rafi moved ahead of

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