NameTides

Rafa

Rafa was the #5,399 boys' name in the US in 2025 (17 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Rafa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rafa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Rafa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#5,399 (17)#1,705 (15)—#2,789 (6)
2024#5,443 (17)#1,952 (12)—#3,072 (5)
2023#4,886 (20)#2,161 (10)——
2022#5,019 (19)#2,530 (8)——
2021#7,587 (10)#2,125 (10)#755 (3)—
2020#8,739 (8)#1,935 (11)——
2019#7,643 (10)#1,869 (12)——
2018#8,819 (8)#3,011 (6)——
2017—#3,996 (4)——
2016#12,185 (5)#3,478 (5)——
2015#9,568 (7)#2,707 (7)——
2014—#4,632 (3)——
2013—#3,315 (5)——
2012#8,158 (9)———
2011#8,767 (8)#3,830 (4)——

Rafa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Rafa as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Rafa as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025—#3,705 (6)
2024#13,477 (6)#4,844 (4)
2023#12,197 (7)—
2021#9,562 (10)—
2019#15,539 (5)#4,686 (4)
2018—#4,684 (4)
2017#15,902 (5)—
2014—#5,691 (3)
2013—#5,742 (3)
2012#12,199 (8)—
2010#14,959 (6)—
2009—#4,564 (4)
2007#15,491 (6)—
2006—#3,116 (6)
2003#11,325 (8)#4,373 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #4,886.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2011.
  • In 2024, 26% of US babies named Rafa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 100,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 100,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rafa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 79,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 47,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rafa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Rafa (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RafaCanadaBoys#2,7896
RafaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
RafaEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
RafaIrelandBoys—too few
RafaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RafaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RafaUSGirls—too few
RafaUSBoys#5,39917