Rafael
#340 most common boys' name of all time · #746 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#340
Rank overall
#746 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
89,947
Since 2016
14,525
Peak year
2006 #217
Best rank
#195 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 1,710/yr
Rafael is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,639 | 1,639 | #218 |
| 2024 | — | 1,621 | 1,621 | #222 |
| 2023 | — | 1,517 | 1,517 | #231 |
| 2022 | — | 1,517 | 1,517 | #232 |
| 2021 | — | 1,490 | 1,490 | #237 |
| 2020 | — | 1,424 | 1,424 | #246 |
| 2019 | — | 1,392 | 1,392 | #261 |
| 2018 | — | 1,405 | 1,405 | #258 |
| 2017 | — | 1,282 | 1,282 | #283 |
| 2016 | — | 1,238 | 1,238 | #291 |
| 2015 | — | 1,226 | 1,226 | #293 |
| 2014 | — | 1,205 | 1,205 | #293 |
| 2013 | — | 1,208 | 1,208 | #287 |
| 2012 | — | 1,231 | 1,231 | #286 |
| 2011 | — | 1,274 | 1,274 | #274 |
| 2010 | — | 1,333 | 1,333 | #259 |
| 2009 | 7 | 1,345 | 1,352 | #257 |
| 2008 | 6 | 1,541 | 1,547 | #240 |
| 2007 | — | 1,622 | 1,622 | #228 |
| 2006 | 8 | 1,702 | 1,710 | #217 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1,492 | 1,497 | #228 |
| 2004 | 7 | 1,544 | 1,551 | #224 |
| 2003 | 8 | 1,411 | 1,419 | #236 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,453 | 1,462 | #231 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,455 | 1,461 | #232 |
| 2000 | — | 1,472 | 1,472 | #230 |
| 1999 | 7 | 1,438 | 1,445 | #229 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,386 | 1,398 | #229 |
| 1997 | 10 | 1,360 | 1,370 | #227 |
| 1996 | 10 | 1,399 | 1,409 | #215 |
| 1995 | 10 | 1,459 | 1,469 | #205 |
| 1994 | 12 | 1,431 | 1,443 | #202 |
| 1993 | 21 | 1,427 | 1,448 | #211 |
| 1992 | 16 | 1,484 | 1,500 | #209 |
| 1991 | 13 | 1,483 | 1,496 | #210 |
| 1990 | 10 | 1,503 | 1,513 | #202 |
| 1989 | 21 | 1,322 | 1,343 | #213 |
| 1988 | 10 | 1,285 | 1,295 | #206 |
| 1987 | 17 | 1,217 | 1,234 | #207 |
| 1986 | 10 | 1,211 | 1,221 | #203 |
| 1985 | 16 | 1,250 | 1,266 | #195 |
| 1984 | 15 | 1,147 | 1,162 | #204 |
| 1983 | 17 | 1,186 | 1,203 | #201 |
| 1982 | 20 | 1,255 | 1,275 | #199 |
| 1981 | 12 | 1,213 | 1,225 | #204 |
| 1980 | 19 | 1,188 | 1,207 | #208 |
| 1979 | 11 | 1,025 | 1,036 | #222 |
| 1978 | 16 | 996 | 1,012 | #218 |
| 1977 | 22 | 1,033 | 1,055 | #215 |
| 1976 | 11 | 976 | 987 | #215 |
| 1975 | 9 | 986 | 995 | #215 |
| 1974 | 8 | 930 | 938 | #226 |
| 1973 | 11 | 906 | 917 | #232 |
| 1972 | 12 | 927 | 939 | #232 |
| 1971 | 19 | 866 | 885 | #257 |
| 1970 | 9 | 947 | 956 | #245 |
| 1969 | 6 | 818 | 824 | #255 |
| 1968 | — | 768 | 768 | #259 |
| 1967 | — | 669 | 669 | #278 |
| 1966 | 8 | 620 | 628 | #297 |
| 1965 | 9 | 615 | 624 | #304 |
| 1964 | — | 582 | 582 | #324 |
| 1963 | 11 | 526 | 537 | #338 |
| 1962 | 6 | 565 | 571 | #332 |
| 1961 | 11 | 581 | 592 | #326 |
| 1960 | — | 541 | 541 | #334 |
| 1959 | — | 509 | 509 | #345 |
| 1958 | 5 | 503 | 508 | #342 |
| 1957 | 5 | 388 | 393 | #391 |
| 1956 | — | 448 | 448 | #349 |
| 1955 | 5 | 417 | 422 | #353 |
| 1954 | 5 | 420 | 425 | #349 |
| 1953 | — | 329 | 329 | #384 |
| 1952 | — | 366 | 366 | #356 |
| 1951 | — | 275 | 275 | #411 |
| 1950 | — | 299 | 299 | #389 |
| 1949 | — | 260 | 260 | #423 |
| 1948 | — | 265 | 265 | #415 |
| 1947 | — | 239 | 239 | #436 |
| 1946 | — | 196 | 196 | #454 |
| 1945 | — | 172 | 172 | #453 |
| 1944 | — | 176 | 176 | #458 |
| 1943 | — | 140 | 140 | #533 |
| 1942 | — | 148 | 148 | #504 |
| 1941 | — | 119 | 119 | #547 |
| 1940 | — | 118 | 118 | #542 |
| 1939 | 5 | 111 | 116 | #544 |
| 1938 | — | 111 | 111 | #549 |
| 1937 | — | 106 | 106 | #564 |
| 1936 | 6 | 117 | 123 | #527 |
| 1935 | — | 124 | 124 | #519 |
| 1934 | — | 132 | 132 | #503 |
| 1933 | — | 130 | 130 | #492 |
| 1932 | 7 | 167 | 174 | #435 |
| 1931 | — | 190 | 190 | #407 |
| 1930 | — | 214 | 214 | #393 |
| 1929 | 6 | 209 | 215 | #403 |
| 1928 | — | 215 | 215 | #412 |
| 1927 | 5 | 201 | 206 | #429 |
| 1926 | — | 166 | 166 | #468 |
| 1925 | — | 178 | 178 | #451 |
| 1924 | — | 174 | 174 | #469 |
| 1923 | 6 | 149 | 155 | #501 |
| 1922 | — | 146 | 146 | #510 |
| 1921 | — | 139 | 139 | #530 |
| 1920 | — | 124 | 124 | #550 |
| 1919 | — | 108 | 108 | #577 |
| 1918 | — | 80 | 80 | #708 |
| 1917 | — | 76 | 76 | #697 |
| 1916 | — | 73 | 73 | #696 |
| 1915 | — | 67 | 67 | #729 |
| 1914 | — | 57 | 57 | #676 |
| 1913 | — | 51 | 51 | #622 |
| 1912 | — | 42 | 42 | #655 |
| 1911 | — | 25 | 25 | #616 |
| 1910 | — | 29 | 29 | #533 |
| 1909 | — | 21 | 21 | #580 |
| 1908 | — | 22 | 22 | #549 |
| 1907 | — | 18 | 18 | #604 |
| 1906 | — | 21 | 21 | #498 |
| 1905 | — | 17 | 17 | #587 |
| 1904 | — | 22 | 22 | #463 |
| 1903 | — | 13 | 13 | #646 |
| 1902 | — | 10 | 10 | #769 |
| 1901 | — | 16 | 16 | #498 |
| 1900 | — | 12 | 12 | #766 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #691 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #838 |
| 1897 | — | 12 | 12 | #643 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #926 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #667 |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | #822 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #947 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #903 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #891 |
| 1890 | — | 9 | 9 | #710 |
| 1889 | — | 8 | 8 | #758 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #730 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #723 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #870 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,002 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #758 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #874 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #637 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #795 |