Girls' name · since 1986
Rafaella
Rafaella has 789 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,406 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 789
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
789 babies have been named Rafaella since 1986, making it today's #4406 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Rafaella recorded 789 times among girls since 1986, holding rank #4406 nationally today, ahead of 75% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #8,825 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,406 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 789 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rafaella ranks #8,825 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,406 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 789 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,406 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 789
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rafaella's 789 recorded births place it above 87.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Rafaella compares
789 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rafaella's all-time total is 110% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rafaella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 789 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rafaella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rafaella splits its recorded history at 2008: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 49 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rafaella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Rafaella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (315 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Rafaella's strongest decade.
315 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Rafaella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 61
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
173 births
- 2010s
2010s
315 births
- 2020s
2020s
227 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 315 births (40% of all-time use).
How Rafaella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rafaella's total volume
Rafaella by state
Where Rafaella concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 76 | 9.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 60 | 7.6% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 31 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 31 | 3.9% |
| #5 | California | | 29 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 21 | 2.7% |
76 of 789 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Rafaella's data
- Rafaella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (315 total births) through the 2020s (227) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Rafaellas (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rafaella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rafaella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.