Raphael
#741 most common boys' name of all time · #1,664 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#741
Rank overall
#1,664 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
24,581
Since 2016
6,190
Peak year
2025 #395
Best rank
#395 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 807/yr
Raphael first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 807 | 807 | #395 |
| 2024 | 5 | 751 | 756 | #420 |
| 2023 | — | 686 | 686 | #452 |
| 2022 | — | 641 | 641 | #483 |
| 2021 | — | 548 | 548 | #538 |
| 2020 | — | 559 | 559 | #512 |
| 2019 | — | 545 | 545 | #523 |
| 2018 | — | 536 | 536 | #529 |
| 2017 | — | 561 | 561 | #516 |
| 2016 | — | 551 | 551 | #533 |
| 2015 | — | 533 | 533 | #535 |
| 2014 | — | 461 | 461 | #597 |
| 2013 | — | 423 | 423 | #599 |
| 2012 | — | 387 | 387 | #628 |
| 2011 | — | 356 | 356 | #665 |
| 2010 | — | 369 | 369 | #653 |
| 2009 | 5 | 400 | 405 | #623 |
| 2008 | — | 397 | 397 | #622 |
| 2007 | — | 333 | 333 | #700 |
| 2006 | — | 331 | 331 | #681 |
| 2005 | — | 316 | 316 | #668 |
| 2004 | — | 304 | 304 | #670 |
| 2003 | — | 253 | 253 | #724 |
| 2002 | — | 269 | 269 | #681 |
| 2001 | — | 266 | 266 | #682 |
| 2000 | — | 304 | 304 | #617 |
| 1999 | — | 268 | 268 | #645 |
| 1998 | 6 | 256 | 262 | #667 |
| 1997 | — | 260 | 260 | #640 |
| 1996 | — | 254 | 254 | #656 |
| 1995 | — | 251 | 251 | #659 |
| 1994 | — | 261 | 261 | #643 |
| 1993 | — | 270 | 270 | #624 |
| 1992 | — | 311 | 311 | #578 |
| 1991 | — | 371 | 371 | #516 |
| 1990 | — | 450 | 450 | #465 |
| 1989 | 9 | 303 | 312 | #553 |
| 1988 | 8 | 303 | 311 | #525 |
| 1987 | 5 | 253 | 258 | #568 |
| 1986 | 9 | 268 | 277 | #546 |
| 1985 | 5 | 256 | 261 | #549 |
| 1984 | 6 | 208 | 214 | #587 |
| 1983 | 6 | 179 | 185 | #641 |
| 1982 | 6 | 191 | 197 | #628 |
| 1981 | 5 | 167 | 172 | #667 |
| 1980 | — | 158 | 158 | #691 |
| 1979 | 12 | 157 | 169 | #681 |
| 1978 | — | 171 | 171 | #642 |
| 1977 | 5 | 182 | 187 | #621 |
| 1976 | — | 182 | 182 | #606 |
| 1975 | 7 | 181 | 188 | #604 |
| 1974 | — | 162 | 162 | #632 |
| 1973 | — | 192 | 192 | #573 |
| 1972 | 11 | 180 | 191 | #595 |
| 1971 | — | 187 | 187 | #612 |
| 1970 | 10 | 168 | 178 | #625 |
| 1969 | 9 | 153 | 162 | #643 |
| 1968 | — | 130 | 130 | #662 |
| 1967 | 6 | 105 | 111 | #725 |
| 1966 | 5 | 110 | 115 | #706 |
| 1965 | — | 96 | 96 | #754 |
| 1964 | 5 | 98 | 103 | #769 |
| 1963 | — | 99 | 99 | #769 |
| 1962 | 7 | 107 | 114 | #741 |
| 1961 | — | 116 | 116 | #711 |
| 1960 | — | 93 | 93 | #797 |
| 1959 | — | 97 | 97 | #777 |
| 1958 | — | 99 | 99 | #742 |
| 1957 | — | 97 | 97 | #765 |
| 1956 | — | 94 | 94 | #758 |
| 1955 | — | 93 | 93 | #758 |
| 1954 | — | 110 | 110 | #689 |
| 1953 | 6 | 81 | 87 | #797 |
| 1952 | — | 86 | 86 | #761 |
| 1951 | — | 71 | 71 | #836 |
| 1950 | — | 65 | 65 | #847 |
| 1949 | — | 69 | 69 | #821 |
| 1948 | — | 83 | 83 | #742 |
| 1947 | 7 | 69 | 76 | #836 |
| 1946 | — | 64 | 64 | #823 |
| 1945 | — | 61 | 61 | #794 |
| 1944 | — | 48 | 48 | #928 |
| 1943 | — | 58 | 58 | #881 |
| 1942 | 6 | 68 | 74 | #782 |
| 1941 | — | 63 | 63 | #794 |
| 1940 | 6 | 72 | 78 | #723 |
| 1939 | 6 | 69 | 75 | #723 |
| 1938 | — | 50 | 50 | #888 |
| 1937 | — | 63 | 63 | #778 |
| 1936 | — | 69 | 69 | #723 |
| 1935 | — | 53 | 53 | #865 |
| 1934 | — | 59 | 59 | #818 |
| 1933 | 7 | 71 | 78 | #725 |
| 1932 | 6 | 72 | 78 | #737 |
| 1931 | — | 85 | 85 | #648 |
| 1930 | 6 | 97 | 103 | #627 |
| 1929 | — | 96 | 96 | #624 |
| 1928 | 7 | 99 | 106 | #616 |
| 1927 | 6 | 90 | 96 | #680 |
| 1926 | 7 | 81 | 88 | #710 |
| 1925 | — | 99 | 99 | #640 |
| 1924 | 11 | 108 | 119 | #615 |
| 1923 | 6 | 94 | 100 | #662 |
| 1922 | 8 | 130 | 138 | #555 |
| 1921 | 7 | 101 | 108 | #640 |
| 1920 | 6 | 103 | 109 | #625 |
| 1919 | 8 | 98 | 106 | #613 |
| 1918 | 8 | 100 | 108 | #617 |
| 1917 | 8 | 85 | 93 | #648 |
| 1916 | 10 | 117 | 127 | #532 |
| 1915 | 8 | 100 | 108 | #569 |
| 1914 | 9 | 95 | 104 | #504 |
| 1913 | — | 68 | 68 | #522 |
| 1912 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #545 |
| 1911 | — | 30 | 30 | #560 |
| 1910 | — | 19 | 19 | #698 |
| 1909 | — | 12 | 12 | #879 |
| 1908 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #520 |
| 1907 | — | 19 | 19 | #588 |
| 1906 | — | 13 | 13 | #702 |
| 1905 | — | 13 | 13 | #697 |
| 1904 | — | 10 | 10 | #800 |
| 1903 | — | 9 | 9 | #829 |
| 1902 | — | 15 | 15 | #578 |
| 1901 | — | 13 | 13 | #593 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,022 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #708 |
| 1898 | — | 13 | 13 | #633 |
| 1897 | — | 13 | 13 | #612 |
| 1896 | — | 9 | 9 | #816 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #792 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #778 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #646 |
| 1892 | — | 13 | 13 | #596 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #695 |
| 1889 | — | 11 | 11 | #625 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,020 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #830 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,082 |