Rafuel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rafuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Rafuel between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rafuel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rafuel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rafuel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rafuel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rafuel 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 21 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.