NameTides

Rahaf

Rahaf was the #2,957 girls' name in the US in 2025 (56 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Rahaf as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rahaf as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Rahaf as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,957 (56)#1,719 (17)——#2,730 (7)
2024#3,047 (53)#1,353 (24)——#1,833 (12)
2023#3,225 (50)#2,063 (13)——#1,678 (13)
2022#3,470 (45)#3,971 (5)——#2,553 (7)
2021#2,929 (57)#2,073 (13)——#2,377 (8)
2020#3,607 (41)#1,556 (19)——#1,490 (15)
2019#3,611 (42)#1,389 (22)#765 (3)—#1,533 (15)
2018#2,438 (73)#1,649 (18)——#1,215 (20)
2017#2,635 (66)#1,911 (15)——#2,179 (9)
2016#3,411 (46)#2,120 (13)——#1,533 (15)
2015#3,299 (49)#2,195 (12)—#660 (5)#2,179 (9)
2014#3,425 (46)#1,798 (16)——#2,905 (6)
2013#3,778 (40)#2,062 (13)——#1,792 (12)
2012#5,114 (27)#2,095 (13)——#1,617 (14)
2011#3,781 (40)#2,025 (13)#810 (3)—#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #2,438.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rahaf is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 37,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rahaf 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: #863MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: 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: #2,487CAUtah: 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: #1,437NCSouth 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
Rahaf (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Rahaf (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RahafCanadaGirls#2,7307
RahafEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
RahafIrelandGirls—too few
RahafNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RahafScotlandGirls—too few
RahafUSGirls#2,95756