Rafaela Girl
How popular is Rafaela?
#2,895 girl name in 2025
58 baby girls were named Rafaela in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
Rafaela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,895 for girls (▲ 152 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 58 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,914 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (60 girls) |
| Highest rank | #789 in 1903 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rafaela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rafaela family of names ranked #1,264 for girls in 2025 (#1,249 the year before), with 140 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaela | 58 | 41% |
| Rafaella | 32 | 23% |
| Raphaella | 24 | 17% |
| Raffaella | 18 | 13% |
| Raphaela | 8 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rafaela is most popular
Babies named Rafaela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 girls)
Rafaela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #1,036 |
| 1890s | 38 | #1,006 |
| 1900s | 107 | #789 |
| 1910s | 233 | #1,031 |
| 1920s | 437 | #1,031 |
| 1930s | 286 | #1,181 |
| 1940s | 256 | #1,438 |
| 1950s | 279 | #1,410 |
| 1960s | 201 | #2,251 |
| 1970s | 225 | #2,616 |
| 1980s | 234 | #2,474 |
| 1990s | 222 | #3,534 |
| 2000s | 276 | #3,799 |
| 2010s | 416 | #2,867 |
| 2020s | 294 | #2,895 |
Girl names about as popular as Rafaela
Questions
- Is Rafaela a boy or girl name?
- Rafaela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rafaela were girls.
- How popular is the name Rafaela?
- 58 baby girls were named Rafaela in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
- When was Rafaela most popular?
- Rafaela peaked in 2011, when 60 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #789 in 1903.
- How many people are named Rafaela?
- 3,516 babies have been named Rafaela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,297 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Rafaela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rafaela was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.