NameTides

Rafael

Rafael was the #218 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,639 babies), and #189 in England & Wales and #213 in Canada.

Rafael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Rafael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUSIrelandScotland
Rafael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#218 (1,639)#189 (266)#441 (7)—#329 (12)#213 (163)—
2024#222 (1,621)#215 (231)#619 (4)—#327 (12)#182 (188)—
2023#231 (1,517)#194 (257)#304 (12)—#330 (12)#170 (191)—
2022#232 (1,517)#181 (279)#292 (13)#234 (8)#306 (14)#183 (187)#97 (73)
2021#237 (1,490)#188 (289)#533 (5)—#326 (13)#173 (212)—
2020#246 (1,424)#187 (276)#372 (9)—#342 (12)#182 (196)—
2019#261 (1,392)#203 (251)#355 (9)#312 (5)#352 (11)#185 (205)—
2018#258 (1,405)#203 (265)#595 (4)—#471 (7)#187 (205)#96 (71)
2017#283 (1,282)#239 (225)#733 (3)#318 (5)#495 (6)#201 (187)—
2016#291 (1,238)#240 (229)#331 (11)—#389 (9)#191 (192)—
2015#293 (1,226)#260 (197)#588 (4)#288 (6)#308 (14)#178 (210)—
2014#293 (1,205)#275 (175)——#382 (10)#176 (214)—
2013#287 (1,208)#257 (189)#466 (6)#398 (3)#383 (10)#165 (222)—
2012#286 (1,231)#259 (183)#500 (5)—#310 (14)#176 (199)—
2011#274 (1,274)#277 (160)#491 (5)—#342 (12)#180 (203)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #218.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 980common

Next year

On its recent trend, Rafael is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 980 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rafael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #340WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #209WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #205ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #160NYMassachusetts: #161MAOregon: #230ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #427OHPennsylvania: #342PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #179CTRhode Island: #177RICalifornia: #127CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #181CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #162AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #264NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: #55DCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #327GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #133TXFlorida: #179FL
Rafael (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#10666
Ontario2024#21764

Rafael (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RafaelCanadaBoys#213163
RafaelEngland & WalesBoys#189266
RafaelIrelandBoys#32912
RafaelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RafaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RafaelScotlandBoys#4417
RafaelUSGirls—too few
RafaelUSBoys#2181,639
RafaelVICBoys—too few