Rafe

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Rafe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 148 births. Its best rank was 887th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1480.01% of boys
Peak year: 2024148 births
Best rank: #887in 1880
Since 1880: 2,754people given the name

Babies named Rafe, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

2,754 boys have been named Rafe in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 148 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 28%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Rafe
1880s	11
1890s	6
1910s	38
1920s	40
1930s	30
1940s	18
1950s	36
1960s	174
1970s	122
1980s	160
1990s	154
2000s	624
2010s	783
2020s	558

In 2024, its biggest year

Rafe was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Rafe

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.