Rafferty

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Rafferty first appears in the data in 2000 and has been recorded in 17 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 181 babies (rank #281 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rafferty

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rafferty yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,231

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

181

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2000	4	#2,898
2001	10	#1,445
2002	13	#1,238
2003	22	#904
2004	34	#701
2005	34	#743
2006	43	#648
2007	46	#636
2008	67	#517
2009	58	#572
2010	96	#407
2011	106	#379
2012	131	#338
2013	108	#378
2014	114	#366
2015	164	#289
2016	181	#281