girl's name

Raffaela

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 814

Raffaela is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1922, when 34 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1898.

Raffaela over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '20
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Births named Raffaela by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 10
1900s 30
1910s 175
1920s 221
1930s 125
1940s 75
1950s 24
1960s 10
1970s 41
1980s 18
1990s 5
2000s 11
2020s (to 2023) 11

How popular is Raffaela?

In 2023, Raffaela was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Raffaela is used

England & Wales #4,217 5 in 2023
France #4,816 5 in 2006
United States #15,214 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Raffaela

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Raffaela also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Raffaela over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Raffaela

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Raffaela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Raffaela

How popular is the name Raffaela?

In 2023, Raffaela was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Raffaela a girl's or a boy's name?

Raffaela is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Raffaela most popular?

Raffaela peaked in 1922, when 34 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.