Girls' name · since 1898
Raffaela
Raffaela has 756 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 756
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Raffaela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 756 recorded since 1898.
Raffaela has 756 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2023.
- #9,084 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 756 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raffaela ranks #9,084 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 756 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 756
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Raffaela's 756 recorded births place it above 87.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Raffaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raffaela splits its recorded history at 1936: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raffaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2023
- Peak year (1922)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Raffaela by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (221 births, 29% of the file).
1920s was Raffaela's strongest decade.
221 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Raffaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1900s 30
1900s
30 births
- 1910s
1910s
175 births
- 1920s
1920s
221 births
- 1930s
1930s
125 births
- 1940s 75
1940s
75 births
- 1950s 24
1950s
24 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 41
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 221 births (29% of all-time use).
How Raffaela 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 Raffaela's total volume
Raffaela by state
Where Raffaela concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 332 | 43.9% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 15 | 2.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.7% |
332 of 756 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Raffaela's decade-level peak was the 1920s (221 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Raffaelas (332 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Raffaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1898–2023 (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 Raffaela 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.