first name
RAPHAEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,518 people named Raphael, 32.7% reported their origin as White, 31% as Hispanic or Latino and 23.9% as Black. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Raphael peaked in 2025, when 807 babies got the name.
At least 24,581 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Raphael by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #932. The largest share of babies named Raphael, 30.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Raphael is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raphael has been most common in New York (2.5×), Florida (2×), and New Jersey (1.9×), and least common in Kentucky (0.13×).
18,918 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Raphael
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raphael, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Raphael ranks #7,055 of 156,621, with 4,585 people. See Raphael as a last name
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