Raphael Boy
How popular is Raphael?
#394 boy name in 2025
807 baby boys were named Raphael in the US in 2025, making it the 394th most popular boy name.
Raphael popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #394 for boys (▲ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 807 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #535 in 2015, #512 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (807 boys) |
| Highest rank | #394 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raphael counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rafael family of names ranked #163 for boys in 2025 (#166 the year before), with 2,475 babies in all.
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 Raphael is most popular
Babies named Raphael per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.0 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- New York: 0.8 per 1,000 (348 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.8 per 1,000 (106 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.8 per 1,000 (155 boys)
- Nevada: 0.8 per 1,000 (43 boys)
Raphael by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #581 |
| 1890s | 96 | #571 |
| 1900s | 136 | #513 |
| 1910s | 767 | #503 |
| 1920s | 1,001 | #554 |
| 1930s | 688 | #625 |
| 1940s | 655 | #718 |
| 1950s | 893 | #687 |
| 1960s | 1,107 | #643 |
| 1970s | 1,762 | #573 |
| 1980s | 2,286 | #523 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #463 |
| 2000s | 3,173 | #617 |
| 2010s | 4,722 | #516 |
| 2020s | 3,992 | #394 |
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Questions
- Is Raphael a boy or girl name?
- Raphael is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Raphael were boys.
- How popular is the name Raphael?
- 807 baby boys were named Raphael in the US in 2025, making it the 394th most popular boy name.
- When was Raphael most popular?
- Raphael peaked in 2025, when 807 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #394 in 2025.
- How many people are named Raphael?
- 24,581 babies have been named Raphael in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,576 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Raphael most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raphael was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.0 of every 1,000 boys 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.