Rafaella Girl
How popular is Rafaella?
#4,351 girl name in 2025
32 baby girls were named Rafaella in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
Rafaella popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,351 for girls (▼ 389 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 32 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,979 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (49 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,277 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rafaella counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rafaela family of names ranked #1,264 for girls in 2025 (#1,249 the year before), with 140 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaela | 58 | 41% |
| Rafaella | 32 | 23% |
| Raphaella | 24 | 17% |
| Raffaella | 18 | 13% |
| Raphaela | 8 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rafaella is most popular
Babies named Rafaella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Rafaella by decade
Girl names about as popular as Rafaella
Questions
- Is Rafaella a boy or girl name?
- Rafaella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rafaella were girls.
- How popular is the name Rafaella?
- 32 baby girls were named Rafaella in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
- When was Rafaella most popular?
- Rafaella peaked in 2022, when 49 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,277 in 2022.
- How many people are named Rafaella?
- 789 babies have been named Rafaella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 784 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Rafaella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rafaella was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.