NameTides

Raphael

Raphael was the #394 boys' name in the US in 2025 (807 babies), and #142 in England & Wales and #50 in Canada.

Raphael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Raphael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUSScotlandIreland
Raphael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#394 (807)#142 (368)#367 (9)—#468 (7)#50 (479)
2024#420 (751)#158 (320)#268 (15)—#374 (10)#55 (454)
2023#451 (686)#156 (339)#533 (5)—#268 (16)#64 (423)
2022#483 (641)#163 (314)#590 (4)—#454 (7)#55 (468)
2021#537 (548)#180 (293)#533 (5)#326 (5)#414 (8)#46 (550)
2020#512 (559)#182 (293)#599 (4)—#556 (5)#54 (521)
2019#523 (545)#176 (299)#516 (5)#365 (4)#438 (8)#43 (612)
2018#529 (536)#183 (288)#595 (4)#365 (4)#471 (7)#50 (595)
2017#516 (561)#189 (289)#442 (7)—#418 (8)#50 (617)
2016#533 (551)#235 (240)—#421 (3)#713 (3)#50 (652)
2015#535 (533)#233 (245)#588 (4)—#421 (8)#50 (624)
2014#596 (461)#231 (243)#490 (6)#398 (3)#715 (3)#59 (596)
2013#598 (423)#234 (221)#520 (5)—#309 (14)#54 (598)
2012#628 (387)#236 (218)#568 (4)—#500 (6)#47 (681)
2011#665 (356)#240 (199)#544 (4)—#387 (10)#52 (628)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #394.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 740common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 330common

Next year

On its recent trend, Raphael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Raphael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #309WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #217NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #438ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #442PANew Jersey: #284NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #314CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #285MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #432AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #350TXFlorida: #314FL
Raphael (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#16324
Ontario2024#20767

Raphael (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
RaphaelCanadaBoys#50479
RaphaelEngland & WalesBoys#142368
RaphaelIrelandGirls—too few
RaphaelIrelandBoys#4687
RaphaelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RaphaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RaphaelScotlandBoys#3679
RaphaelUSGirls—too few
RaphaelUSBoys#394807