Raphael

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #394 for boys in 2025, 807 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 807 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,258
since 1882

Raphael over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Raphael has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#394807
2024#15,2935#420751
2023#451686
2022#483641
2021#537548
2020#512559
2019#523545
2018#529536
2017#516561
2016#533551
2015#535533
2014#596461
2013#598423
2012#628387
2011#665356
2010#653369
2009#17,2945#623400
2008#622397
2007#700333
2006#681331
2005#668316
2004#670304
2003#724253
2002#681269
2001#681266
2000#617304
1999#645268
1998#12,4266#666256
1997#640260
1996#656254
1995#659251
1994#642261
1993#624270
1992#577311
1991#516371
1990#464450
1989#8,0379#553303
1988#8,3918#523303
1987#11,3255#567253
1986#7,1349#545268
1985#10,6775#548256
1984#9,1446#587208
1983#9,0156#641179
1982#9,2376#627191
1981#10,4115#663167
1980#690158
1979#5,42712#681157
1978#642171
1977#9,6525#621182
1976#603182
1975#7,1737#604181
1974#631162
1973#573192
1972#4,79311#595180
1971#611187
1970#5,06110#625168
1969#5,0579#643153
1968#660130
1967#6,0426#723105
1966#6,5645#706110
1965#75396
1964#6,7675#76898
1963#76699
1962#5,2937#741107
1961#711116
1960#79693
1959#77697
1958#74099
1957#76297
1956#75694
1955#75693
1954#688110
1953#5,0406#79681
1952#76186
1951#83371
1950#84465
1949#82169
1948#73783
1947#4,3457#83669
1946#81964
1945#79161
1944#91848
1943#87558
1942#4,1246#78068
1941#78663
1940#3,8636#71872
1939#3,7826#71769
1938#88350
1937#77163
1936#71969
1935#85853
1934#80859
1933#3,4067#72171
1932#3,9016#73572
1931#64385
1930#4,0476#62597
1929#62096
1928#3,7437#61399
1927#4,2866#67790
1926#3,8737#70981
1925#63999
1924#2,97311#613108
1923#4,3766#66094
1922#3,6558#554130
1921#4,0237#637101
1920#4,3986#623103
1919#3,4528#61298
1918#3,5128#615100
1917#3,3448#64585
1916#2,83310#528117
1915#3,1348#569100
1914#2,4349#50395
1913#52068
1912#2,6346#53955
1911#54830
1910#67719
1909#84012
1908#1,8626#51324
1907#55919
1906#67413
1905#66613
1904#76010
1903#7839
1902#55615
1901#55913
1900#9688
1899#66110
1898#61113
1897#58413
1896#7789
1895#7389
1894#7309
1893#61511
1892#57213
1891#6359
1890
1889#58111
1888
1887#9215
1886#7587
1885
1884
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Raphael! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Raphael
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#420#394)
  • 118 spots since 2020 (#512#394)
  • 141 spots since 2015 (#535#394)
  • Biggest jump: 409 spots in 1901 (#968#559)
  • Biggest drop: 327 spots in 1909 (#513#840)
Rise & fade · boys
143 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 2025 at #394 (807 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 139 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1891–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,117
  • Highest: 1 in 2,117 boys born in 2025 were named Raphael (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Raphael (4,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#581 (1889)#801
1890s96#572 (1892)#658
1900s136#513 (1908)#688
1910s767#503 (1914)#576
1920s1,001#554 (1922)#635
1930s688#625 (1930)#748
1940s655#718 (1940)#808
1950s893#688 (1954)#771
1960s1,107#643 (1969)#727
1970s1,762#573 (1973)#619
1980s2,286#523 (1988)#594
1990s2,952#464 (1990)#609
2000s3,173#617 (2000)#667
2010s4,722#516 (2017)#578
2020s3,992#394 (2025)#466

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

Raphael in 1914

girls
#2,434
9 births · 1 in 84,620 girls
boys
#503
95 births · 1 in 6,892 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #2,434Raphael9

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #503Raphael95
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 84,620 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 42.1% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raphael
  1. #2,265Zera10
  2. #2,265Zilla10
  3. #2,265Zillah10
  4. #2,434Raphael9
  5. #2,434Adalyn9
  6. #2,434Adina9
  7. #2,434Agusta9
  8. #2,638Adlene8
  9. #2,638Adra8
  10. #2,638Adria8

Tied with 203 names at #2,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

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

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 6,892 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 86.6% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raphael
  1. #500Carson96
  2. #500Dock96
  3. #500Junior96
  4. #503Raphael95
  5. #503Harmon95
  6. #505Oren94
  7. #505Wilber94
  8. #507Dewitt93

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914