Raife

maleStatistical record

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

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

Raife: Recorded since 1996, it reached #477 in 2021, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#477highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2000	#3036
2002	#1519
2003	#1248
2004	#1732
2005	#3849
2006	#2087
2007	#2023
2008	#4432
2009	#1981
2010	#1407
2011	#1909
2012	#1507
2013	#976
2014	#988
2015	#790
2016	#928
2017	#606
2018	#557
2019	#616
2020	#559
2021	#477
2022	#548
2023	#514
2024	#567

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 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #567 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #477 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #567 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raife 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 Raife in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	67	9 of 10	7
2010s	360	10 of 10	36
2020sbusiest	363	5 of 10	73

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 73 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 28, from 32 to 60.

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

Raife 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #477 in England and Wales in 2021.

Raife'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	#567	67	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#514	76	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#548	70	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#477	84	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#559	66	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#616	59	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#557	67	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#606	60	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#928	32	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#790	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#976	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #477, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 84 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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

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.

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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.

Amarachi · #476, 28y
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Murphy · #478, 27y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Shivam · #477, 29y
Subhaan · #477, 29y
Alya · #476, 29y
Amarachi · #476, 28y

Raife was ranked #477 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. 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.

Raife 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 Raife without appearing here.

Raife moved ahead of

Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #4678.
Malin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #4678.
Shannon Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #976 and #3822.
Willow Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1507 and #3987.

Moved the opposite way to Raife

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Raife

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raife went from #2863 to #567 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #477 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Raife by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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