Raef
#8,497 most common boys' name of all time · #21,467 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1966–2025
Rank among boys
#8,497
Rank overall
#21,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
30 of 146
All-time
380
Since 2016
97
Peak year
2002 #2,582
Best rank
#2,582 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Raef first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,540 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,175 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,003 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,888 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,007 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,372 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,776 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,975 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,703 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,461 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,640 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,278 |
| 2013 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,041 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,793 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,753 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,838 |
| 2009 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,200 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,228 |
| 2007 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,291 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,190 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,658 |
| 2004 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,856 |
| 2003 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,567 |
| 2002 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,582 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,603 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,000 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,055 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,641 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,710 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,519 |