Rafaela
#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,516since 1887
Rafaela over time
Rank among girls' names. Rafaela has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,895 | 58 |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 |
| 2016 | #3,464 | 45 |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 |
| 2011 | #2,868 | 60 |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,190 | 36 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,223 | 37 |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 |
| 1924 | #1,031 | 56 |
| 1923 | #1,197 | 42 |
| 1922 | #1,089 | 49 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Rafaela is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#193 · 1 in 791
- California#412 · 1 in 3,675
- Texas#496 · 1 in 3,765
Best ever in a state: #125 in Arizona, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #193 | 5 | 1 in 791 |
| California | #412 | 10 | 1 in 3,675 |
| Texas | #496 | 16 | 1 in 3,765 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rafaela
- 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)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1903 at #789 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1903–1909
- 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%)
- 12.4% of all girls named Rafaela (437) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #1,036 (1887) | #1,092 |
| 1890s | 38 | #1,006 (1891) | #1,353 |
| 1900s | 107 | #789 (1903) | #1,340 |
| 1910s | 233 | #1,031 (1911) | #1,316 |
| 1920s | 437 | #1,031 (1924) | #1,166 |
| 1930s | 286 | #1,181 (1930) | #1,456 |
| 1940s | 256 | #1,439 (1948) | #1,793 |
| 1950s | 279 | #1,411 (1950) | #2,052 |
| 1960s | 201 | #2,252 (1963) | #2,845 |
| 1970s | 225 | #2,616 (1974) | #3,204 |
| 1980s | 234 | #2,475 (1983) | #3,770 |
| 1990s | 222 | #3,540 (1991) | #4,727 |
| 2000s | 276 | #3,800 (2009) | #4,878 |
| 2010s | 416 | #2,868 (2011) | #3,782 |
| 2020s | 294 | #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
Top girls' names in 1928
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).
- #1,163Rosario43
- #1,163Vernita43
- #1,163Zita43
- #1,179Rafaela42
- #1,179Athena42
- #1,179Bebe42
- #1,179Becky42
- #1,191Belia41
- #1,191Dee41
- #1,191Eudora41
Tied with 11 names at #1,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.