Raffi is a distinctive choice, ranked #1035 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Raffi in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1035
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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 โ 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 uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Raffi in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Raffi
Raffi โ 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.
Faizal Raffi โ Faizal Raffi is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Balestier Khalsa.
Raffi Wolf โ Raffaela Wolf is a German female ice hockey player.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Raffi
Unlikely. With around 29 UK babies named Raffi per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Raffi in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Raffi is rising: up 195 places since 2020, to #1,035 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #746 in 2022.
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, Faizal Raffi and Raffi Wolf. Short summaries for each appear below.
Raffi does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Raffis in the wild.
29
UK babies named Raffi (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 195 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
Almost certainly the only Raffi in the class
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UK Popularity (2003–2025)
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.
Raffi Aghasi Boghosyan (Bulgarian: ะ ะฐัะธ ะั ะฐัะธ ะะพั ะพััะฝ, romanized: Rafi Akhasi Bokhosyan; Armenian: ีีกึึีซ ิฑีฒีกีฝีซ ิฒีธีฒีธีฝีตีกีถ; 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.