Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rafaela

#3,097 most common girls' name of all time · #5,306 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among girls
#3,097
Rank overall
#5,306 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
3,516
Since 2016
471
Peak year
2011 #2,872
Best rank
#810 1903
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rafaela first appears in 1887. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 58 — 58 #2,900
2024 53 — 53 #3,050
2023 48 — 48 #3,333
2022 48 — 48 #3,319
2021 40 — 40 #3,739
2020 47 — 47 #3,285
2019 55 — 55 #2,965
2018 45 — 45 #3,447
2017 32 — 32 #4,394
2016 45 — 45 #3,472
2015 38 — 38 #3,918
2014 41 — 41 #3,724
2013 31 — 31 #4,546
2012 35 — 35 #4,219
2011 60 — 60 #2,872
2010 34 — 34 #4,312
2009 41 — 41 #3,807
2008 35 — 35 #4,366
2007 27 — 27 #5,238
2006 26 — 26 #5,248
2005 32 — 32 #4,273
2004 28 — 28 #4,719
2003 22 — 22 #5,428
2002 24 — 24 #4,918
2001 21 — 21 #5,376
2000 20 — 20 #5,500
1999 29 — 29 #3,982
1998 23 — 23 #4,653
1997 16 — 16 #5,894
1996 19 — 19 #5,081
1995 17 — 17 #5,460
1994 28 — 28 #3,797
1993 22 — 22 #4,534
1992 14 — 14 #6,343
1991 30 — 30 #3,553
1990 24 — 24 #4,128
1989 26 — 26 #3,805
1988 16 — 16 #5,094
1987 16 — 16 #4,881
1986 20 — 20 #4,046
1985 21 — 21 #3,868
1984 27 — 27 #3,153
1983 37 — 37 #2,481
1982 19 — 19 #4,042
1981 26 — 26 #3,262
1980 26 — 26 #3,221
1979 24 — 24 #3,347
1978 32 — 32 #2,633
1977 18 — 18 #3,925
1976 16 — 16 #3,985
1975 22 — 22 #3,173
1974 28 — 28 #2,633
1973 24 — 24 #2,843
1972 23 — 23 #2,915
1971 20 — 20 #3,284
1970 18 — 18 #3,466
1969 15 — 15 #3,639
1968 18 — 18 #3,082
1967 19 — 19 #2,886
1966 18 — 18 #2,952
1965 23 — 23 #2,553
1964 24 — 24 #2,544
1963 28 — 28 #2,265
1962 19 — 19 #2,839
1961 16 — 16 #3,214
1960 21 — 21 #2,664
1959 26 — 26 #2,250
1958 27 — 27 #2,179
1957 20 — 20 #2,580
1956 31 — 31 #1,943
1955 17 — 17 #2,750
1954 26 — 26 #2,089
1953 31 — 31 #1,797
1952 30 — 30 #1,828
1951 29 — 29 #1,818
1950 42 — 42 #1,416
1949 33 — 33 #1,639
1948 41 — 41 #1,446
1947 21 — 21 #2,164
1946 19 — 19 #2,173
1945 27 — 27 #1,600
1944 31 — 31 #1,471
1943 21 — 21 #1,919
1942 26 — 26 #1,643
1941 13 — 13 #2,429
1940 24 — 24 #1,610
1939 12 — 12 #2,465
1938 30 — 30 #1,357
1937 25 — 25 #1,513
1936 26 — 26 #1,456
1935 21 — 21 #1,690
1934 36 — 36 #1,195
1933 29 — 29 #1,346
1932 34 — 34 #1,253
1931 33 — 33 #1,271
1930 40 — 40 #1,191
1929 37 — 37 #1,229
1928 42 — 42 #1,185
1927 41 — 41 #1,222
1926 45 — 45 #1,139
1925 48 — 48 #1,112
1924 56 — 56 #1,040
1923 42 — 42 #1,204
1922 49 — 49 #1,094
1921 42 — 42 #1,195
1920 35 — 35 #1,331
1919 26 — 26 #1,580
1918 25 — 25 #1,616
1917 28 — 28 #1,418
1916 30 — 30 #1,347
1915 24 — 24 #1,496
1914 22 — 22 #1,364
1913 25 — 25 #1,111
1912 18 — 18 #1,281
1911 18 — 18 #1,054
1910 17 — 17 #1,097
1909 23 — 23 #863
1908 16 — 16 #1,029
1907 6 — 6 #1,905
1906 8 — 8 #1,476
1905 8 — 8 #1,477
1904 9 — 9 #1,318
1903 19 — 19 #810
1902 5 — 5 #1,875
1901 7 — 7 #1,404
1900 6 — 6 #1,801
1899 8 — 8 #1,245
1898 6 — 6 #1,602
1897 5 — 5 #1,661
1895 6 — 6 #1,509
1892 5 — 5 #1,559
1891 8 — 8 #1,079
1889 6 — 6 #1,248
1887 6 — 6 #1,143