NameTides

Rafaella

Rafaella was the #4,352 girls' name in the US in 2025 (32 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Rafaella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rafaella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Rafaella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,352 (32)#4,201 (5)—
2024#3,963 (37)#2,575 (10)—
2023#3,585 (43)#2,689 (9)#2,604 (7)
2022#3,278 (49)#2,488 (10)#2,553 (7)
2021#4,326 (32)#2,201 (12)—
2020#4,078 (34)#2,042 (13)—
2019#4,162 (34)#2,286 (11)#2,872 (6)
2018#4,076 (35)#5,666 (3)#1,862 (11)
2017#4,220 (34)#2,341 (11)—
2016#3,777 (40)#2,966 (8)—
2015#4,981 (27)#2,496 (10)#3,286 (5)
2014#4,768 (29)#3,514 (6)#2,185 (9)
2013#5,834 (22)#1,774 (16)—
2012#4,486 (32)#1,809 (16)—
2011#4,466 (32)#2,275 (11)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #3,278.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rafaella is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 46,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 68,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rafaella by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Rafaella (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RafaellaCanadaGirls—too few
RafaellaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
RafaellaUSGirls#4,35232