Raphaela — #8445 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Raphaela

The Social Security Administration has registered 491 babies named Raphaela between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raphaela currently holds the #8445 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raphaela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Raphaela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raphaela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raphaela 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 491 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.