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.

Rafi

#5,758 most common boys' name of all time · #14,354 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#5,758
Rank overall
#14,354 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
739
Since 2016
271
Peak year
2025 #2,904
Best rank
#2,904 2025
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
198020002020

Rafi first appears in 1974. 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 — 43 43 #2,904
2024 — 38 38 #3,186
2023 — 23 23 #4,511
2022 — 29 29 #3,812
2021 — 23 23 #4,411
2020 5 26 31 #3,958
2019 — 23 23 #4,395
2018 — 24 24 #4,280
2017 — 22 22 #4,521
2016 — 15 15 #5,883
2015 — 18 18 #5,147
2014 — 23 23 #4,314
2013 — 11 11 #7,185
2012 — 19 19 #4,927
2011 — 13 13 #6,388
2010 — 14 14 #6,139
2009 — 17 17 #5,425
2008 — 19 19 #4,968
2007 — 21 21 #4,558
2006 — 18 18 #4,961
2005 — 13 13 #6,030
2004 — 15 15 #5,349
2003 — 17 17 #4,713
2002 — 14 14 #5,248
2001 — 9 9 #7,160
2000 — 6 6 #9,526
1999 — 14 14 #4,906
1998 — 11 11 #5,639
1997 — 10 10 #5,833
1996 — 7 7 #7,478
1995 — 17 17 #3,784
1994 — 7 7 #7,326
1993 — 8 8 #6,500
1992 — 11 11 #5,085
1991 — 6 6 #7,715
1990 — 10 10 #5,215
1989 — 8 8 #5,990
1988 — 8 8 #5,553
1987 — 11 11 #4,176
1986 — 5 5 #7,312
1985 — 5 5 #7,146
1984 — 9 9 #4,469
1983 — 8 8 #4,799
1982 — 12 12 #3,656
1980 — 8 8 #4,831
1979 — 7 7 #5,239
1978 — 7 7 #4,949
1977 — 7 7 #5,022
1976 — 10 10 #3,699
1975 — 6 6 #5,350
1974 — 9 9 #3,836