Raif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Raif: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,040 in 2018, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1040highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#2304
2005	#2418
2006	#1545
2007	#1756
2008	#1511
2009	#2318
2010	#2036
2011	#1342
2012	#1367
2013	#1086
2014	#1935
2015	#1673
2016	#1627
2017	#1703
2018	#1040
2019	#1217
2020	#1150
2021	#2301
2022	#1879
2023	#1461
2024	#1951

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 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1040 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raif 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 Raif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	72	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2020s	73	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Raif 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1040 in England and Wales in 2018.

Raif'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,040, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 201825 to 49 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

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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.

Burak · #1040, 29y
Hakan · #1040, 27y
Kemal · #1040, 29y
Harsh · #1038, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Burak · #1040, 29y
Hakan · #1040, 27y
Kemal · #1040, 29y
Shahbaz · #1040, 18y

Raif 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 Raif without appearing here.

Raif moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1086 and #4685.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4107.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #4678.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Raif

Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1086 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #889.
Aksel Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1150 and #1314 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2301 and #1688.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Raif

Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Raif went from #2337 to #1150 while Brooke went from #1174 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Raif went from #2337 to #1217 while Shannon went from #1761 to #4702.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1040 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raif

Raif at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Raif appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raif and the names beside it

Raif moved ahead of

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Raif at a glance

Raif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Raif appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raif and the names beside it

Raif moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Raif

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