Rafaela

#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births

Peak · girls
#789
1903 · 19 births
Debut · girls
1887
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,516
since 1887

Rafaela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rafaela has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #789, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,89558
2024#3,04753
2023#3,32948
2022#3,31348
2021#3,73540
2020#3,28147
2019#2,96255
2018#3,43845
2017#4,38432
2016#3,46445
2015#3,91538
2014#3,71941
2013#4,54331
2012#4,21635
2011#2,86860
2010#4,30634
2009#3,80041
2008#4,36035
2007#5,23027
2006#5,23326
2005#4,26732
2004#4,70728
2003#5,41922
2002#4,90624
2001#5,36421
2000#5,49120
1999#3,97029
1998#4,63623
1997#5,86816
1996#5,06519
1995#5,43917
1994#3,79028
1993#4,52422
1992#6,31414
1991#3,54030
1990#4,12024
1989#3,78426
1988#5,06516
1987#4,85716
1986#4,02820
1985#3,85221
1984#3,14427
1983#2,47537
1982#4,02519
1981#3,25326
1980#3,21526
1979#3,33324
1978#2,62932
1977#3,91118
1976#3,96316
1975#3,15522
1974#2,61628
1973#2,83024
1972#2,90323
1971#3,26620
1970#3,43518
1969#3,61915
1968#3,05718
1967#2,86819
1966#2,93718
1965#2,53823
1964#2,53024
1963#2,25228
1962#2,81419
1961#3,18916
1960#2,64921
1959#2,23426
1958#2,16727
1957#2,56320
1956#1,93131
1955#2,72517
1954#2,07626
1953#1,78331
1952#1,82030
1951#1,80529
1950#1,41142
1949#1,62733
1948#1,43941
1947#2,14621
1946#2,15319
1945#1,58827
1944#1,45531
1943#1,90021
1942#1,63026
1941#2,39713
1940#1,59124
1939#2,41712
1938#1,34330
1937#1,49325
1936#1,44526
1935#1,66321
1934#1,19036
1933#1,33029
1932#1,23734
1931#1,25833
1930#1,18140
1929#1,22337
1928#1,17942
1927#1,21341
1926#1,13345
1925#1,10148
1924#1,03156
1923#1,19742
1922#1,08949
1921#1,18442
1920#1,31235
1919#1,56526
1918#1,60025
1917#1,40228
1916#1,33230
1915#1,47524
1914#1,34422
1913#1,09125
1912#1,25218
1911#1,03118
1910#1,06917
1909#84523
1908#1,00416
1907#1,8216
1906#1,4168
1905#1,4208
1904#1,2519
1903#78919
1902#1,7935
1901#1,3397
1900#1,7236
1899#1,1818
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896—
1895#1,4266
1894—
1893—
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0068
1890—
1889#1,1476
1888—
1887#1,0366
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
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1881—
1880—
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Rafaela! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rafaela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 152 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #2,895)
  • 386 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #2,895)
  • 1,020 spots since 2015 (#3,915 → #2,895)
  • Biggest jump: 1,004 spots in 1903 (#1,793 → #789)
  • Biggest drop: 462 spots in 1904 (#789 → #1,251)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1903 at #789 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1903–1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,788
  • Highest: 1 in 13,788 girls born in 1903 were named Rafaela (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 12.4% of all girls named Rafaela (437) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#1,036 (1887)#1,092
1890s38#1,006 (1891)#1,353
1900s107#789 (1903)#1,340
1910s233#1,031 (1911)#1,316
1920s437#1,031 (1924)#1,166
1930s286#1,181 (1930)#1,456
1940s256#1,439 (1948)#1,793
1950s279#1,411 (1950)#2,052
1960s201#2,252 (1963)#2,845
1970s225#2,616 (1974)#3,204
1980s234#2,475 (1983)#3,770
1990s222#3,540 (1991)#4,727
2000s276#3,800 (2009)#4,878
2010s416#2,868 (2011)#3,782
2020s294#2,895 (2025)#3,267

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rafaela in 1928

girls
#1,179
42 births · 1 in 27,460 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #1,179Rafaela42
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 27,460 of them was named Rafaela, which outranked 78.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rafaela
  1. #1,163Rosario43
  2. #1,163Vernita43
  3. #1,163Zita43
  4. #1,179Rafaela42
  5. #1,179Athena42
  6. #1,179Bebe42
  7. #1,179Becky42
  8. #1,191Belia41
  9. #1,191Dee41
  10. #1,191Eudora41

Tied with 11 names at #1,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928 →