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.
Where Raphael is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#193 · 1 in 1,095
- Connecticut#288 · 1 in 3,171
- Maryland#320 · 1 in 3,368
- Washington#344 · 1 in 3,450
- New York#375 · 1 in 3,871
Best ever in a state: #98 in Hawaii, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #193 | 7 | 1 in 1,095 |
| Connecticut | #288 | 5 | 1 in 3,171 |
| Maryland | #320 | 6 | 1 in 3,368 |
| Washington | #344 | 7 | 1 in 3,450 |
| New York | #375 | 29 | 1 in 3,871 |
| Illinois | #384 | 20 | 1 in 3,921 |
| Alabama | #401 | 6 | 1 in 4,189 |
| New Jersey | #455 | 7 | 1 in 5,784 |
| Ohio | #505 | 8 | 1 in 9,359 |
| Pennsylvania | #512 | 7 | 1 in 10,221 |
| California | #578 | 21 | 1 in 7,556 |
| Texas | #921 | 7 | 1 in 15,367 |
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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.
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 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 8,621 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 90.7% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #598Noe184
- #601Andrea183
- #601Wyatt183
- #603Raphael182
- #603Daren182
- #603Emilio182
- #603Kenyatta182
- #609Dave181
- #609Willis181
- #611Deandre180
Tied with 5 names at #603; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.