Rafi is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “to lift, to raise (something high.” In 2024 it was given to 38 boys in the United States.
Rafi belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “to lift, to raise (something high” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rafi first appears in Social Security records in 1974. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3194 in 2024, and in 2024 38 babies received the name — 691 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rafi means “to lift, to raise (something high” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rafi is a boy name. In 2024, 38 babies received the name in the US.
Rafi comes from the Spanish tradition.
Rafi first appears in US records in 1974. Its best-ever ranking was #3194 in 2024, and 38 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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