Girls' name · since 1915
Raphaela
Raphaela has 499 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,006 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 499
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
499 babies have been named Raphaela since 1915, making it today's #11006 girls' name.
Raphaela has 499 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11006 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #11,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,006 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 499 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raphaela ranks #11,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,006 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 499 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,006 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 499
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raphaela's 499 recorded births place it above 83.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Raphaela compares
499 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Raphaela's all-time total is 33% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raphaela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 499 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raphaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raphaela's full recorded timeline at 1996, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raphaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Raphaela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (116 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Raphaela's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Raphaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 116 births (23% of all-time use).
Raphaela by state
Where Raphaela concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 499 births nationwide.
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What to do with Raphaela's data
- Raphaela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (116 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Raphaelas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raphaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Raphaela 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.