Rafiel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafiel

The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Rafiel between 1972 and 2019, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafiel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafiel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rafiel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafiel 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 91 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.