Raffaella — #5966 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Raffaella

The Social Security Administration has registered 464 babies named Raffaella between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raffaella currently holds the #5966 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raffaella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Raffaella shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Raffaella in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raffaella 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 464 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.