Raffaella

Raffaella was the #6,325 girls' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Raffaella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Raffaella 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Raffaella 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#6,325 (18)#2,006 (14)#3,044 (6)
2024#5,962 (20)#2,575 (10)#3,383 (5)
2023#6,169 (19)#2,689 (9)#3,290 (5)
2022#6,464 (18)#2,178 (12)#2,553 (7)
2021#8,024 (13)#1,962 (14)—
2020#7,969 (13)#1,687 (17)—
2019#7,716 (14)#1,940 (14)—
2018#8,617 (12)#2,340 (11)—
2017#14,124 (6)#2,925 (8)—
2016#12,876 (7)#2,757 (9)—
2015#10,148 (10)#1,961 (14)—
2014#8,485 (13)#2,659 (9)—
2013#8,135 (14)#2,460 (10)—
2012#10,429 (10)#1,991 (14)#3,334 (5)
2011#14,824 (6)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1911 at #1,956.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1911.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 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 91,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Raffaella is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 75,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 57,000 to 1 in 99,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RaffaellaCanadaGirls#3,0446
RaffaellaEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
RaffaellaUSGirls#6,32518