Unisex name · since 2016
Rapha
Rapha has 68 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,060 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
68 babies have been named Rapha since 2016, making it today's #6758 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rapha has been recorded 68 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #6758 nationally and more common than 51% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #20,060 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,758 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rapha ranks #20,060 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,758 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,060 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rapha's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rapha compares
68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rapha's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rapha | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rapha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rapha splits its recorded history at 2023: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rapha popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Rapha popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2025 (Rapha as girls' name)
Rapha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 90% of the file).
2020s was Rapha's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Rapha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (90% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rapha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Rapha 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.