Raffy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAF-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
Raffy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has healed”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies).
What does Raffy mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Raphael
“God has healed”
A pet form of Raphael, from the Hebrew Rafael, 'God has healed', the name of an archangel.
Is Raffy a girl's or a boy's name?
Raffy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raffy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 252% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Raffy, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raffy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were given Raffy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #1,192 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Raffy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Names like Raffy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Amir Ayyub Zayd Zayaan Raheem Umar Rafi Zayan Rafa
Other spellings of Raffy
Names related to Raffy
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Raffy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raffy, updated 20 October 2026.