Rafaelita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rafaelita

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Rafaelita between 1900 and 1953, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rafaelita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafaelita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rafaelita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rafaelita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafaelita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 72 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.