girls:
719 births since 1986
#4997 (13th percentile)
overall:
719 births since 1986
#7020 (9th percentile)
The name Rafaella is the #7,020 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 719 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 9.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,997 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 719 births since 1986.
Rafaella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986). Birth data for Rafaella is available in 34 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Rafaella reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #914) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rafaella ranks #910 for girls (3.9% percentile) with 24 births per million, which is 87.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rafaella".
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Our model has identified 18 different pronunciations for the name Rafaella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 15.2% confident that Rafaella is pronounced as ra-fuh-EH-luh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-FA-luh, at 13.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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