Rafee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ra-FEE
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Rafee is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “exalted, high”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Rafee mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rafi (rafi)
“exalted, high”
From the Arabic root r-f-a, 'to raise', which also gives ar-Rafi, one of the 99 names of God.
Is Rafee a girl's or a boy's name?
Rafee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rafee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Rafee, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Rafee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
Names like Rafee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Muhammad, Abdullah, Hamza, Umar, Raheem, Mustafa, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Rayyan, Rafi
Names related to Rafee
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Rafee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rafee, updated 20 October 2026.