Raffaele
Raffaele is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196924 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1908
- 1,058people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,058 boys have been named Raffaele in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 24 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 1982, and the 1970s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Raffaele | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 67 | |
| 1920s | 46 | |
| 1930s | 10 | |
| 1950s | 21 | |
| 1960s | 141 | |
| 1970s | 192 | |
| 1980s | 144 | |
| 1990s | 130 | |
| 2000s | 120 | |
| 2010s | 121 | |
| 2020s | 60 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Raffaele was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1969 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Raffaele
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Pietropeak 1974
- Luigipeak 1969
- Domenicopeak 1974
- Giuseppepeak 1975
- Antoninopeak 2000
- Renatopeak 2010
- Francescopeak 2006
- Orlandopeak 1987
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.