Raphael — #421 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raphael

The Social Security Administration has registered 23,439 babies named Raphael between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raphael currently holds the #421 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 744 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raphael performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,718 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Raphael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,577 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Raphael in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raphael 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 23,439 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.