How Many People Are Named Rafferty?
people named Rafferty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,220,660 people in the US has this name
Based on 283 babies named Rafferty in Social Security records from 1987 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Rabhartaigh meaning "descendant of Rabhartach". The given name Rabhartach means "flood tide".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rafferty in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rafferty alive today is about 12 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rafferty first appears in the records in 1987 and was given most often in 2024, to 19 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rafferty has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,199, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #6,356.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,356 |
| Best rank | #5,199 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,733 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rafferty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rafferty were born in California than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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