Raafi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAA-fee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Raafi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who raises up”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Raafi mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rafi
“one who raises up”
Linked to ar-Rafi, 'the Exalter', one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Raafi a girl's or a boy's name?
Raafi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raafi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Raafi, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Raafi than any year since 2020.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Raafi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
Names like Raafi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Rafi, Musa, Zayaan, Zayd, Raheem, Umar, Abdullah, Zayan, Ahmed, Mustafa, Zayyan
Names related to Raafi
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raafi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raafi, updated 20 October 2026.