Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Raffi

#5,341 most common boys' name of all time · #13,284 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#5,341
Rank overall
#13,284 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
839
Since 2016
143
Peak year
1988 #2,291
Best rank
#2,206 1986
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Raffi first appears in 1962. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 16 16 #5,666
2024 — 13 13 #6,560
2023 — 8 8 #9,088
2022 — 23 23 #4,482
2021 — 14 14 #6,122
2020 — 11 11 #7,131
2019 — 14 14 #6,183
2018 — 13 13 #6,440
2017 — 11 11 #7,204
2016 — 20 20 #4,819
2015 — 11 11 #7,160
2014 — 16 16 #5,543
2013 — 18 18 #5,037
2012 — 11 11 #7,152
2011 — 12 12 #6,674
2010 — 9 9 #8,289
2009 — 9 9 #8,454
2008 — 16 16 #5,551
2007 — 14 14 #5,992
2006 — 11 11 #7,039
2005 — 13 13 #5,985
2004 — 14 14 #5,598
2003 — 11 11 #6,381
2002 — 20 20 #4,095
2001 — 11 11 #6,140
2000 — 10 10 #6,455
1999 — 8 8 #7,336
1998 — 12 12 #5,255
1997 — 20 20 #3,523
1996 — 12 12 #4,979
1995 — 12 12 #4,921
1994 — 21 21 #3,269
1993 — 22 22 #3,091
1992 — 22 22 #3,051
1991 — 21 21 #3,043
1990 — 19 19 #3,245
1989 — 24 24 #2,663
1988 — 27 27 #2,291
1987 — 13 13 #3,629
1986 — 26 26 #2,206
1985 — 11 11 #3,946
1984 — 12 12 #3,602
1983 — 11 11 #3,780
1982 — 18 18 #2,672
1981 — 9 9 #4,353
1980 — 11 11 #3,752
1979 — 10 10 #3,958
1978 — 20 20 #2,347
1977 — 14 14 #2,990
1976 — 8 8 #4,262
1975 — 15 15 #2,722
1974 — 16 16 #2,533
1973 — 16 16 #2,497
1971 — 9 9 #3,585
1970 — 6 6 #4,574
1969 — 10 10 #3,040
1968 — 6 6 #4,060
1966 — 10 10 #2,777
1965 — 5 5 #4,351
1964 — 8 8 #3,274
1962 — 6 6 #4,024