Rafeal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafeal

The Social Security Administration has registered 925 babies named Rafeal between 1930 and 2020, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafeal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafeal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 346 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rafeal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rafeal in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafeal 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 925 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.