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.

Rafeal

#5,045 most common boys' name of all time · #12,481 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1930–2020

Rank among boys
#5,045
Rank overall
#12,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
925
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1989 #1,779
Best rank
#1,505 1982
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
19401960198020002020

Rafeal first appears in 1930. 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
2020 — 6 6 #10,804
2019 — 7 7 #9,910
2016 — 6 6 #10,941
2015 — 6 6 #10,832
2014 — 9 9 #8,232
2013 — 11 11 #7,111
2011 — 13 13 #6,317
2010 — 7 7 #9,860
2009 — 9 9 #8,423
2008 — 10 10 #7,825
2007 — 14 14 #5,969
2006 — 9 9 #8,108
2005 — 13 13 #5,959
2004 — 9 9 #7,658
2003 — 6 6 #9,797
2002 — 16 16 #4,744
2001 — 11 11 #6,101
2000 — 8 8 #7,555
1999 — 11 11 #5,745
1998 — 9 9 #6,423
1997 — 12 12 #5,036
1996 — 9 9 #6,108
1995 — 11 11 #5,223
1994 — 15 15 #4,145
1993 — 16 16 #3,883
1992 — 12 12 #4,647
1991 — 21 21 #3,024
1990 — 23 23 #2,809
1989 — 43 43 #1,779
1988 — 42 42 #1,694
1987 — 34 34 #1,883
1986 — 41 41 #1,604
1985 — 31 31 #1,895
1984 — 31 31 #1,822
1983 — 37 37 #1,611
1982 — 42 42 #1,505
1981 — 21 21 #2,376
1980 — 24 24 #2,190
1979 — 19 19 #2,523
1978 — 19 19 #2,429
1977 — 22 22 #2,167
1976 — 15 15 #2,769
1975 — 16 16 #2,594
1974 — 22 22 #2,021
1973 — 15 15 #2,572
1972 — 21 21 #2,000
1971 — 13 13 #2,765
1970 — 6 6 #4,473
1969 — 6 6 #4,197
1968 — 9 9 #3,033
1966 — 5 5 #4,296
1965 — 5 5 #4,235
1964 — 10 10 #2,801
1962 — 7 7 #3,540
1961 — 9 9 #3,046
1960 — 5 5 #4,409
1959 — 10 10 #2,787
1957 — 6 6 #3,863
1956 — 7 7 #3,450
1955 — 7 7 #3,441
1954 — 6 6 #3,737
1952 — 5 5 #4,138
1930 — 5 5 #4,532