boys:
128 births since 2008
#4458 (3rd percentile)
overall:
128 births since 2008
#7611 (2nd percentile)
The name Rafan is the #7,611 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 128 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,458 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 128 births since 2008.
Rafan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (first recorded for boys in 2008). Birth data for Rafan is available in 12 out of the 14 years between 2008 and 2021. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Rafan reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #893) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rafan".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Rafan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.5% confident that Rafan is pronounced as ruh-FUHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-FAHN, at 20.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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