Rafa**
#11,592 most common boys' name of all time · #29,615 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1998–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,592
Rank overall
#29,615 of 105,966
First appeared
1998
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
205
Since 2016
147
Peak year
2023 #5,016
Best rank
#5,016 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Rafa first appears in 1998. 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 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,517 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #5,571 |
| 2023 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #5,016 |
| 2022 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,142 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #7,924 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,176 |
| 2019 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,977 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,298 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,143 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,169 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,623 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,293 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | — |