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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 807 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,258since 1882
Raphael over time
Rank among boys' names. Raphael has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #394 | 807 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #420 | 751 |
| 2023 | — | #451 | 686 | |
| 2022 | — | #483 | 641 | |
| 2021 | — | #537 | 548 | |
| 2020 | — | #512 | 559 | |
| 2019 | — | #523 | 545 | |
| 2018 | — | #529 | 536 | |
| 2017 | — | #516 | 561 | |
| 2016 | — | #533 | 551 | |
| 2015 | — | #535 | 533 | |
| 2014 | — | #596 | 461 | |
| 2013 | — | #598 | 423 | |
| 2012 | — | #628 | 387 | |
| 2011 | — | #665 | 356 | |
| 2010 | — | #653 | 369 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #623 | 400 |
| 2008 | — | #622 | 397 | |
| 2007 | — | #700 | 333 | |
| 2006 | — | #681 | 331 | |
| 2005 | — | #668 | 316 | |
| 2004 | — | #670 | 304 | |
| 2003 | — | #724 | 253 | |
| 2002 | — | #681 | 269 | |
| 2001 | — | #681 | 266 | |
| 2000 | — | #617 | 304 | |
| 1999 | — | #645 | 268 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #666 | 256 |
| 1997 | — | #640 | 260 | |
| 1996 | — | #656 | 254 | |
| 1995 | — | #659 | 251 | |
| 1994 | — | #642 | 261 | |
| 1993 | — | #624 | 270 | |
| 1992 | — | #577 | 311 | |
| 1991 | — | #516 | 371 | |
| 1990 | — | #464 | 450 | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #553 | 303 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #523 | 303 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #567 | 253 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #545 | 268 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #548 | 256 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #587 | 208 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #641 | 179 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #627 | 191 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #663 | 167 |
| 1980 | — | #690 | 158 | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #681 | 157 |
| 1978 | — | #642 | 171 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #621 | 182 |
| 1976 | — | #603 | 182 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #604 | 181 |
| 1974 | — | #631 | 162 | |
| 1973 | — | #573 | 192 | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #595 | 180 |
| 1971 | — | #611 | 187 | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #625 | 168 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #643 | 153 |
| 1968 | — | #660 | 130 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #723 | 105 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #706 | 110 |
| 1965 | — | #753 | 96 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #768 | 98 |
| 1963 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #741 | 107 |
| 1961 | — | #711 | 116 | |
| 1960 | — | #796 | 93 | |
| 1959 | — | #776 | 97 | |
| 1958 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1957 | — | #762 | 97 | |
| 1956 | — | #756 | 94 | |
| 1955 | — | #756 | 93 | |
| 1954 | — | #688 | 110 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #796 | 81 |
| 1952 | — | #761 | 86 | |
| 1951 | — | #833 | 71 | |
| 1950 | — | #844 | 65 | |
| 1949 | — | #821 | 69 | |
| 1948 | — | #737 | 83 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #836 | 69 |
| 1946 | — | #819 | 64 | |
| 1945 | — | #791 | 61 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #780 | 68 |
| 1941 | — | #786 | 63 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #718 | 72 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #717 | 69 |
| 1938 | — | #883 | 50 | |
| 1937 | — | #771 | 63 | |
| 1936 | — | #719 | 69 | |
| 1935 | — | #858 | 53 | |
| 1934 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #721 | 71 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #735 | 72 |
| 1931 | — | #643 | 85 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #625 | 97 |
| 1929 | — | #620 | 96 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #613 | 99 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #677 | 90 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #709 | 81 |
| 1925 | — | #639 | 99 | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #613 | 108 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #660 | 94 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #554 | 130 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #637 | 101 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #623 | 103 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #612 | 98 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #615 | 100 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #645 | 85 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #528 | 117 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #569 | 100 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #503 | 95 |
| 1913 | — | #520 | 68 | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #539 | 55 |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #677 | 19 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #513 | 24 |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2025 at #394 (807 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1891–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,117 boys born in 2025 were named Raphael (0.05%)
- 19.5% of all boys named Raphael (4,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #581 (1889) | #801 |
| 1890s | 96 | #572 (1892) | #658 |
| 1900s | 136 | #513 (1908) | #688 |
| 1910s | 767 | #503 (1914) | #576 |
| 1920s | 1,001 | #554 (1922) | #635 |
| 1930s | 688 | #625 (1930) | #748 |
| 1940s | 655 | #718 (1940) | #808 |
| 1950s | 893 | #688 (1954) | #771 |
| 1960s | 1,107 | #643 (1969) | #727 |
| 1970s | 1,762 | #573 (1973) | #619 |
| 1980s | 2,286 | #523 (1988) | #594 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #464 (1990) | #609 |
| 2000s | 3,173 | #617 (2000) | #667 |
| 2010s | 4,722 | #516 (2017) | #578 |
| 2020s | 3,992 | #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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 164,760 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 31.2% 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).
- #3,436Yoshiye8
- #3,436Zenia8
- #3,436Zilla8
- #3,743Raphael7
- #3,743Adalene7
- #3,743Addis7
- #3,743Adria7
- #4,195Ader6
- #4,195Adina6
- #4,195Agusta6
Tied with 451 names at #3,743; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 11,188 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).