# Raffi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raffi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Armenian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 839 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 839 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 307, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Armenian Րաֆֆի (Raffi).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,907 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,423 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,120 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,660 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,418 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,903 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,433 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,618 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,388 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,266 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,544 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,548 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,731 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,782 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 44 | 746 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Րաֆֆի
- Chinese: 拉菲

## People named Raffi

- Raffi Hovannisian, Armenian politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.