Rafiq
Rafiq is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali.
- Arabic
- Azerbaijani
- Urdu
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Rafiq
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rafiq is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Azerbaijani
- Urdu
- Bengali
The Story of Rafiq
American parents first put Rafiq on the record books as a baby boy name in 1975, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 19 Rafiqs were born — ranking #3,432 that year. About 30% of every Rafiq on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Rafiq last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 412 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rafiq
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Names that sound like Rafiq
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About the name Rafiq
Rafiq is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 412 births in the dataset. Rafiq's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #3,432. Use the chart and map above to compare Rafiq's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.