Name meaning & stats
Rafe
Rafe means “wolf counsel” (Germanic origin). 2,810 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“wolf counsel”
GermanicForm of Ralph
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
2,810 US babies were named Rafe between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rafe (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)