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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rapheal

Rapheal was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1222nd with 81 babies. More babies were named Rapheal in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199081 babies
Total since 1880
1,542babies recorded

Rapheal popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020#7,93410
2010#4,48422
2000#4,99115
1990#1,22281
1980#2,26923
1970#3,02711
1960#2,82510
1950#3,6056
1940#2,6349
1930#2,56811
1920#4,1786
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Rapheal, counting every spelling?

Rapheal has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Rapheal?

About 1,300 people born in the US named Rapheal are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 27 and 45. That makes Rapheal mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Rapheal by state

How common Rapheal was among boys born in each state in 1988–1992, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (2.3×). In 43 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesSC0.04District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMS0.14Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesGA0.07Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rapheal, boys, 1988–1992. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Rapheal

How popular is the name Rapheal?

Rapheal was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1222nd with 81 babies. More babies were named Rapheal in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Rapheal a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rapheal in the US.

Where was Rapheal most popular?

In 1988–1992, Rapheal was most common in Mississippi (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Michigan.