Will my child share the name Raife with classmates?

Unlikely. With around 85 UK babies named Raife per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Raife in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.

Is Raife becoming more or less popular in the UK?

Raife is at its highest recorded position — #452 in 2025, with 85 births. In 2020 it ranked #559.

Is Raife a good choice for a distinctive name?

Raife 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.

Is Raife a popular baby name in the United States?

Raife does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice.

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Raife is a distinctive choice, ranked #452 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Raife in their class.

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UK Rank 2025

#452

About the Name Raife

Raife is at its highest recorded position in the UK, #452 in 2025 — the strongest showing it has had. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.

Raife is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Raife in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Raife

Raife Wellsted — Raife William Wellsted was a British philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1985.

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.