Rafe
- #1,165 for boys in 2025, 179 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,935since 1880
Rafe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rafe has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,165 | 179 |
| 2024 | #1,308 | 149 |
| 2023 | #1,449 | 125 |
| 2022 | #1,468 | 123 |
| 2021 | #1,750 | 92 |
| 2020 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #2,042 | 71 |
| 2018 | #2,230 | 61 |
| 2017 | #1,768 | 87 |
| 2016 | #1,763 | 87 |
| 2015 | #1,804 | 83 |
| 2014 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | #1,891 | 76 |
| 2011 | #1,795 | 80 |
| 2010 | #2,057 | 66 |
| 2009 | #1,665 | 94 |
| 2008 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #2,117 | 64 |
| 2006 | #2,248 | 56 |
| 2005 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #2,164 | 54 |
| 2003 | #1,430 | 92 |
| 2002 | #1,332 | 99 |
| 2001 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
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| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rafe was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rafe is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#378 · 1 in 1,639
- Louisiana#531 · 1 in 2,391
- Missouri#648 · 1 in 3,476
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Ohio#750 · 1 in 4,776
Best ever in a state: #371 in Idaho, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #378 | 12 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Louisiana | #531 | 8 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Missouri | #648 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Ohio | #750 | 11 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| North Carolina | #775 | 11 | 1 in 4,679 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 8 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| California | #1,364 | 13 | 1 in 13,498 |
| Texas | #1,483 | 12 | 1 in 14,588 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rafe
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 859 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #1,165)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1880–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,542
- Highest: 1 in 9,542 boys born in 2025 were named Rafe (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #809 in 1880, was only 1 in 18,415 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 26.7% of all boys named Rafe (783) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #809 (1880) | #876 |
| 1890s | 6 | #954 (1894) | #954 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 38 | #2,882 (1918) | #3,404 |
| 1920s | 40 | #2,950 (1923) | #3,643 |
| 1930s | 30 | #3,004 (1933) | #3,393 |
| 1940s | 18 | #2,964 (1943) | #3,268 |
| 1950s | 36 | #2,580 (1950) | #3,529 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,573 (1967) | #1,998 |
| 1970s | 122 | #1,989 (1970) | #2,907 |
| 1980s | 160 | #2,111 (1982) | #3,284 |
| 1990s | 154 | #2,865 (1990) | #4,249 |
| 2000s | 625 | #1,332 (2002) | #2,295 |
| 2010s | 783 | #1,641 (2014) | #1,882 |
| 2020s | 738 | #1,165 (2025) | #1,527 |
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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