Raffi is a distinctive choice, ranked #5892 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Raffi in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#5892
About the Name Raffi
Raffi has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 4662 places in five years. It was most popular in 2022 at #746 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2003.
Raffi is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Raffi
Unlikely. With around 3 UK babies named Raffi per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Raffi in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Raffi has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 4662 places in the last five years. Its peak was #746 in 2022. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Raffi is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Raffi include: Raffi — Raffi Cavoukian, known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his children's...; Faizal Raffi — Faizal Raffi is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Balestier Khalsa.; Raffi Wolf — Raffaela Wolf is a German female ice hockey player..
Raffi does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Raffis in the wild.
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UK babies named Raffi (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 4662 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Raffi
Likely around 1 other Raffi in the class
UK Popularity (2003–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Raffi
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Raffi Cavoukian, known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his children's music. In 1992, The Washington Post called him "the most popular children's singer in the English-speaking world".
Raffi Aghasi Boghosyan (Bulgarian: Рафи Ахаси Бохосян, romanized: Rafi Akhasi Bokhosyan; Armenian: Րաֆֆի Աղասի Բողոսյան; born 29 January 1993), also known simply as Raffi or Rafi, is a Bulgarian singer and percussions player of Armenian origin who won the first ever Bulgarian X Factor on the final held on 11 December 2011. He won a contract with Virginia Records and the chance to record a single with a foreign composer and producer in a studio outside Bulgaria.
Raffi Krikorian is an Armenian-American technology executive, and the CTO of the Emerson Collective. He was the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, Head of Uber's Advanced Technologies Center, and the former VP of Platform Engineering at Twitter where he was in charge of infrastructure for all of Twitter up to August 2014.
Raffi Besalyan (Armenian: Րաֆֆի Բէսալյան, born in Yerevan) is an Armenian-American Concert Pianist. Besalyan studied at the Tchaikovsky Special Music School for Gifted Children in Yerevan, and received Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yerevan State Musical Conservatory.