Rafiq · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rafiq.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1975

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 45 recorded years as a table

Rafiq, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1975	3
1976	8
1977	4
1978	5
1979	7
1980	4
1981	3
1982	6
1983	6
1984	5
1985	5
1988	5
1989	2
1990	3
1991	4
1992	8
1993	6
1994	7
1995	10
1996	6
1997	6
1998	6
1999	8
2000	5
2001	6
2002	10
2003	4
2005	3
2007	4
2008	4
2009	6
2010	3
2011	3
2012	4
2013	3
2014	3
2015	4
2016	4
2017	3
2018	8
2019	3
2020	3
2021	7
2023	4
2024	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rafiq isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024: 8
Rank in 2024: #8,987
How rare: 1 in 215,361 boys
Since 1975: 412

Rafiq was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1995, at 10 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rafiq doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.