Raffaele
- #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,079since 1908
Raffaele over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Raffaele has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
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| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
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| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
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| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
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| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
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First appearance
1908
The first year at least five boys were named Raffaele! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Raffaele is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 7,953
Best ever in a state: #435 in New York, 1914.
Show every state
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| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 384 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #4,857)
- 1,123 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,857)
- 1,142 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #4,857)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1908 at #1,217 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,723
- Highest: 1 in 25,723 boys born in 1908 were named Raffaele (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 17.9% of all boys named Raffaele (193) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,217 |
| 1910s | 67 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,539 |
| 1920s | 46 | #2,331 (1923) | #3,411 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,663 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,327 |
| 1960s | 141 | #1,680 (1969) | #2,287 |
| 1970s | 193 | #1,982 (1973) | #2,242 |
| 1980s | 144 | #2,598 (1985) | #3,378 |
| 1990s | 130 | #2,952 (1990) | #4,962 |
| 2000s | 120 | #4,204 (2000) | #6,482 |
| 2010s | 121 | #5,318 (2016) | #6,796 |
| 2020s | 80 | #4,857 (2025) | #7,015 |
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.
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