Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Rafael.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1923
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See the 54 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1927 | 4 |
| 1929 | 5 |
| 1932 | 7 |
| 1936 | 6 |
| 1939 | 5 |
| 1954 | 3 |
| 1955 | 3 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 2 |
| 1961 | 5 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 6 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1969 | 4 |
| 1970 | 5 |
| 1971 | 11 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1973 | 8 |
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 8 |
| 1977 | 14 |
| 1978 | 10 |
| 1979 | 7 |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 7 |
| 1982 | 12 |
| 1983 | 10 |
| 1984 | 9 |
| 1985 | 9 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1989 | 11 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 9 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Rafael isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Rafael
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2009
- 7
- Rank in 2009
- #13,704
- How rare
- 1 in 262,444 girls
- Since 1923
- 568
Rafael was last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1977, at 14 per million girls born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rafael doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.