Rafeef
Girl · ra-FEEF · Arabic
Rafeef is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shimmer, gleam”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Rafeef mean?
Arabic: Arabic rafif
“shimmer, gleam”
- Say it
- ra-FEEF
Is Rafeef a girl's or a boy's name?
Rafeef is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rafeef in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Rafeef, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rafeef of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Rafeef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Rafeef in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Rafeef, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Rafeef in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rafeef in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
Names like Rafeef
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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