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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 138,295 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 50.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,523Wynetta12
- #4,523Yoni12
- #4,523Zora12
- #4,793Raphael11
- #4,793Adonica11
- #4,793Aixa11
- #4,793Alayna11
- #5,109Adeana10
- #5,109Agustina10
- #5,109Aidee10
Tied with 315 names at #4,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 9,009 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 89.7% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.