Raffi

Boy · RAF-ee · Hebrew

Raffi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God heals”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Raffi mean?

Hebrew: short form of Raphael

“God heals”

A short form of Raphael; Raffi was also the pen name of a celebrated 19th-century Armenian novelist.

Say it: RAF-ee

Is Raffi a girl's or a boy's name?

Raffi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Raffi in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,102among boys
Babies in 2025: 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 40% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Raffi, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 45 boys.

Half of all the boys named Raffi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were given Raffi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #1,102 for this spelling alone.

Raffi 29
Raffy 26
Raffie 22
Raffey 3

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 45 in 20222025

Raffi in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	29	#1,102
2024	24	#1,230
2023	27	#1,160
2022	45	#792
2021	27	#1,134
2020	22	#1,275
2019	18	#1,479
2018	17	#1,555
2017	17	#1,563
2016	9	#2,468
2015	6	#3,149
2014	5	#3,529
2013	3	#4,884
2012	13	#1,850
2011	7	#2,736
2010	9	#2,306
2009	3	#4,691
2008	8	#2,384
2007	10	#1,987
2006	5	#3,013
2005	5	#2,885
2004	0	–
2003	3	#3,593

How popular is Raffi in the US?

Rank in 2025: #5,606among boys
Babies in 2025: 16about 1 in 110,000 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, 16 boys in the US were named Raffi, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.

Half of all the boys named Raffi in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1962Busiest: 27 in 19882025

Raffi in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#5,606
2024	13	#6,464
2023	8	#8,916
2022	23	#4,438
2021	14	#6,027
2020	11	#7,029
2019	14	#6,099
2018	13	#6,341
2017	11	#7,091
2016	20	#4,775
2015	11	#7,061
2014	16	#5,481
2013	18	#4,978
2012	11	#7,044
2011	12	#6,572
2010	9	#8,133
2009	9	#8,305
2008	16	#5,482
2007	14	#5,898
2006	11	#6,899
2005	13	#5,869
2004	14	#5,487
2003	11	#6,251
2002	20	#4,038
2001	11	#6,006
2000	10	#6,309
1999	8	#7,132
1998	12	#5,153
1997	20	#3,450
1996	12	#4,871
1995	12	#4,785
1994	21	#3,209
1993	22	#3,036
1992	22	#2,993
1991	21	#2,983
1990	19	#3,160
1989	24	#2,609
1988	27	#2,250
1987	13	#3,516
1986	26	#2,159
1985	11	#3,802
1984	12	#3,457
1983	11	#3,629
1982	18	#2,595
1981	9	#4,151
1980	11	#3,614
1979	10	#3,808
1978	20	#2,279
1977	14	#2,909
1976	8	#4,010
1975	15	#2,635
1974	16	#2,457
1973	16	#2,403
1972	0	–
1971	9	#3,368
1970	6	#4,228
1969	10	#2,860
1968	6	#3,672
1967	0	–
1966	10	#2,626
1965	5	#3,928
1964	8	#3,049
1963	0	–
1962	6	#3,638

Names like Raffi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Rafi Ahmed Abdullah Raheem Mustafa Hamza Umar Amir Khalid

Other spellings of Raffi

Raffy Raffie Raffey

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