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Rafe

Pronounced /ɹeɪf/

Rank in 2024
#1,310
Born in 2024
148
Peak year
2024 · #1310
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 148 boys were named Rafe, about 1 in every 11,590.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 2,754 boys have been named Rafe since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Rafe per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 73 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 42 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 121 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 227 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 270 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 885 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,119 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Medieval spelling variant of Ralph. ==== Proper noun ==== Rafe (plural Rafes) A male given name from the Germanic languages. A surname originating as a patronymic.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Raphael.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ɹeɪf/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Rafe, CC BY-SA 4.0.