Boys' name · since 1980
Raffael
Raffael has 120 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,442 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raffael currently ranks #8442 among boys' names in America, with 120 babies recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Raffael recorded 120 times among boys since 1980, holding rank #8442 nationally today, ahead of 39% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #16,230 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,442 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raffael ranks #16,230 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,442 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 120 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,442 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raffael's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raffael compares
120 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Raffael's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raffael | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Raffael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raffael's full recorded timeline at 2016, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raffael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Raffael by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (58 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Raffael's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Raffael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 58 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raffael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Raffael 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.