Rafael

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #218in 2025
  • 1 in 1,042boys in 2025
  • +50%last ten years
  • 4.5×in District of Columbia

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 50% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

048096018801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 145 recorded years as a table
Rafael, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188189
188253
188367
188444
188556
188779
188874
188972
189081
189159
189257
189353
189469
189594
189659
1897106
189865
189994
190080
1901150
190282
1903109
1904172
1905128
1906158
1907123
1908143
1909128
1910149
1911111
191298
191399
191487
191579
191682
191782
191879
1919110
1920117
1921126
1922134
1923136
1924154
1925160
1926149
1927178
1928194
1929194
1930195
1931183
1932160
1933131
1934128
1935119
1936113
193799
1938100
1939100
1940102
194197
1942107
194398
1944129
1945128
1946121
1947131
1948151
1949147
1950167
1951146
1952188
1953167
1954206
1955202
1956212
1957180
1958237
1959238
1960254
1961274
1962273
1963259
1964292
1965331
1966348
1967384
1968442
1969457
1970510
1971490
1972572
1973581
1974591
1975632
1976622
1977629
1978607
1979595
1980666
1981677
1982692
1983662
1984636
1985676
1986658
1987652
1988671
1989661
1990732
1991734
1992743
1993728
1994741
1995766
1996739
1997721
1998725
1999749
2000749
2001749
2002748
2003714
2004778
2005747
2006828
2007782
2008755
2009678
2010695
2011671
2012649
2013639
2014627
2015640
2016652
2017693
2018774
2019776
2020825
2021852
2022869
2023887
2024941
2025960

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 4.5×
  2. California 1.9×
  3. Texas 1.8×
  4. New Mexico 1.8×
  5. Arizona 1.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,639
Rank in 2025
#218
How rare
1 in 1,042 boys
Since 1880
89,379

Most popular in 2025, at 960 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 50% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia4.5×35
California1.9×926
Texas1.8×899
New Mexico1.8×32
Arizona1.8×163

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.