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 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#340 · 1 in 5,503
- New York#347 · 1 in 3,246
- Pennsylvania#386 · 1 in 6,182
- Arizona#409 · 1 in 3,719
- Mississippi#409 · 1 in 3,835
Best ever in a state: #98 in Hawaii, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #340 | 6 | 1 in 5,503 |
| New York | #347 | 35 | 1 in 3,246 |
| Pennsylvania | #386 | 12 | 1 in 6,182 |
| Arizona | #409 | 5 | 1 in 3,719 |
| Mississippi | #409 | 5 | 1 in 3,835 |
| New Jersey | #423 | 8 | 1 in 5,210 |
| Michigan | #440 | 10 | 1 in 6,433 |
| Illinois | #456 | 16 | 1 in 5,085 |
| Ohio | #585 | 7 | 1 in 11,069 |
| California | #597 | 20 | 1 in 8,271 |
| Louisiana | #603 | 5 | 1 in 6,600 |
| Florida | #640 | 6 | 1 in 8,337 |
| Texas | #923 | 7 | 1 in 16,023 |
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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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 306,629 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 14.8% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,677 names at #9,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 9,029 of them was named Raphael, which outranked 90.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).