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Raphaela

Feminine

1915high 2016
#10917 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare8 girls in 2025

Raphaela entered the US charts in 1915, peaked at #3434 in 1915, ranks #10917 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Raphaela?

Raphaela first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Raphaela alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 500 people named Raphaela are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Raphaela most popular?

Raphaela peaked in 1915, reaching #3434 nationally. Today it ranks #10917, 7,483 places below that high. See the whole 1915 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1915–20251910019819152025

US babies named Raphaela per year from 1915 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#34341910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1915
Most girls named
201619 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3434reached in 1915
Change vs 2024
−33.3%8 in 2025, from 12
Raphaela sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2016, with 19 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Raphaelas among us

500

people named Raphaela are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 200,908 born in 2025 was named Raphaela

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Raphaela

#10917
Raphaela on the 2025 chart
#820
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Raphaela went to 8 girls in 2025, but Rafaela, Rafaella and Raphaella and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 140, which makes it the 820th most-given girls’ name of the year — 10,097 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 11,480 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 200,908 for Raphaela itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

Fashion outlook

Raphaela sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

40%chance Raphaela will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Raphaela beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Raphaela in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Raphaelathis name8#10917Edythe8#10917Tessie8#10917Drusilla8#10917Eugenie8#10917

US girls given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Raphaelas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Raphaela are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Raphaela?
Raphaela is one of 5 recorded spellings. Rafaela is the more common one — 58 births in 2025 against 8 for Raphaela.
How popular is the name Raphaela in 2025?
Raphaela ranks #10917 among US girl names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Raphaela?
About 1 in every 200,908 US girls born in 2025 was named Raphaela — 8 in all.
Will my child share the name Raphaela with classmates?
Raphaela will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Raphaela

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Edythe#10917 · Tessie#10917 · Drusilla#10917 · Eugenie#10917 · Ivah#10917 · Karri#10917 · Claribel#10917 · Myrtle#10917

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