Rafael

Where Rafael comes from

Compare Spanish Rafael, Portuguese Rafael.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rafael
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1963
    Rafael Correa born
    President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia
  3. 1985
    Peak, #195
    1,250 babies named Rafael — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1986
    Rafael Nadal born
    Spanish tennis player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Raphael.
Namesakes
  • Rafael Correa · President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia, born 1963
  • Rafael Nadal · Spanish tennis player, born 1986
  • Rafael van der Vaart · Dutch association football player, born 1983
  • Rafael Trujillo · President of the Dominican Republic, 1891–1961
  • Rafael Márquez El piojo · Mexican association football player, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.