NameTides

Raffi

Raffi was the #5,608 boys' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Raffi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Raffi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Raffi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#5,608 (16)#1,035 (29)—#2,269 (8)
2024#6,469 (13)#1,282 (21)#727 (3)#3,072 (5)
2023#8,921 (8)#1,108 (26)——
2022#4,442 (23)#746 (44)——
2021#6,032 (14)#1,055 (27)——
2020#7,034 (11)#1,230 (21)——
2019#6,104 (14)#1,506 (16)——
2018#6,345 (13)#1,455 (17)——
2017#7,095 (11)#1,470 (17)——
2016#4,776 (20)#2,335 (9)——
2015#7,066 (11)#3,004 (6)——
2014#5,485 (16)#3,362 (5)——
2013#4,981 (18)#4,685 (3)——
2012#7,050 (11)#1,756 (13)——
2011#6,578 (12)#2,613 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #2,161.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 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 110,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Raffi is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 61,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Raffi 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: #1,998CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Raffi (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
RaffiCanadaBoys#2,2698
RaffiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RaffiEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
RaffiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RaffiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RaffiScotlandBoys—too few
RaffiUSBoys#5,60816