boys:
250 births since 1987
#4336 (5th percentile)
overall:
250 births since 1987
#7489 (3rd percentile)
The name Rafferty is the #7,489 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 250 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,336 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 250 births since 1987.
Rafferty first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987). Birth data for Rafferty is available in 25 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023. 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, Rafferty reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #917) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rafferty is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #899 (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rafferty".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Rafferty is pronounced as RA-fer-tee, which has 3 syllables.
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