boys:
98 births since 1980
#4488 (2nd percentile)
overall:
98 births since 1980
#7641 (1st percentile)
The name Raffael is the #7,641 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 98 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,488 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1980.
Raffael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (first recorded for boys in 1980). Birth data for Raffael is available in 14 out of the 44 years between 1980 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 boys, Raffael reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #918) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Raffael ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 93.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Raffael".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Raffael", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 14 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Rafael" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Rafael..
Our model has identified 29 different pronunciations for the name Raffael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 12.8% confident that Raffael is pronounced as rah-fah-EHL, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RA-fuhl, at 5.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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