Rafael Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Rafael: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 89,379 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

89,379

Peak year

2006 #217

Years on the list

145

10-year trend

+15.5%

In the 2000s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,274	#274
2012	1,231	#287
2013	1,208	#288
2014	1,205	#293
2015	1,226	#294
2016	1,238	#291
2017	1,282	#283
2018	1,405	#258
2019	1,392	#261
2020	1,424	#247
2021	1,490	#237
2022	1,517	#232
2023	1,517	#231
2024	1,621	#222
2025	1,639	#218

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2006

466

284

110

109

101

Names from the same era

Angel · 2006 Isaiah · 2006 Oscar · 2006 Jorge · 2006 Diego · 2006 Hayden · 2006 Riley · 2006 Fernando · 2006 Cristian · 2006 Kaden · 2006

Names similar to Rafael

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