Raef
Boy · RA-ef · Arabic
Raef is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “kind, compassionate”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Raef mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ra'if
“kind, compassionate”
A spelling of the Arabic name Ra'if, also written Raif.
- Say it
- RA-ef
Is Raef a girl's or a boy's name?
Raef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raef in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Raef, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raef in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Raef or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Raef 11
- Raif 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Raef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Raef in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Raef, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had more boys named Raef than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Raef in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Names like Raef
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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