Rahaf
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RA-haf
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Rahaf is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “delicacy, sensitivity”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Rahaf mean?
Arabic
“delicacy, sensitivity”
From the Arabic rahaf, fineness or delicacy of feeling.
Is Rahaf a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahaf is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rahaf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Rahaf, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rahaf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Rahaf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Rahaf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Rahaf, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Rahaf in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rahaf in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Rahaf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Rahma, Hafsa, Ayah, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Hiba, Safaa, Abeeha, Sumayyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rahaf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rahaf, updated 20 October 2026.