Rafaela

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Rafaela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. Its best rank was 807th, in 1903.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 520.00% of girls
Peak year: 201160 births
Best rank: #807in 1903
Since 1887: 3,456people given the name

Babies named Rafaela, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

3,456 girls have been named Rafaela in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 60 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Rafaela
1880s	12
1890s	38
1900s	107
1910s	233
1920s	437
1930s	286
1940s	256
1950s	279
1960s	201
1970s	225
1980s	234
1990s	221
2000s	276
2010s	416
2020s	235

In 2011, its biggest year

Rafaela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.

Names that rose and fell with Rafaela

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.