Rising Names
Measured from the birth records, not asserted. A name is rising here because its recent years are ahead of its earlier ones in the register — not because anyone declared it a name to watch.
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Rafferty Rafferty is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "floodtide" or "abundance."Boy Irish #6,257 in US
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