Raffaele — #5239 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raffaele

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,058 babies named Raffaele between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raffaele currently holds the #5239 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raffaele performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Raffaele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 275 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Raffaele in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raffaele 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 1,058 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.