Raef
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 380since 1966
Raef over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Raef has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
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| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five boys were named Raef! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1997, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Raef is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Raef in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 2,541 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,446)
- 5,576 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #6,446)
- 1,045 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 2002 at #2,556 (38 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 51,092
- Highest: 1 in 51,092 boys born in 2002 were named Raef (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 45.3% of all boys named Raef (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 5 | #3,948 (1966) | #3,948 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 24 | #6,843 (1998) | #8,262 |
| 2000s | 172 | #2,556 (2002) | #5,157 |
| 2010s | 123 | #4,981 (2013) | #6,810 |
| 2020s | 56 | #6,446 (2025) | #8,491 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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