Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Rafa

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
Arabic
Happy, lightening, to shine, to flutter (as in bird fluttering)

Syllables

2

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #4881, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5399, 17 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #9562, 10 births); most recent 2024 (rank #13427, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202517–
2024176
2023207
202219–
20211010
20208–
2019105
20188–
2017–5
20165–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #3704, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025156
2024124
202310–
20228–
202110–
202011–
2019124
201864
20174–
20165–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #3272, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #4627, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20236–
2022–4
2021––
202033
201933
2018––
20173–
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #717, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence