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How popular is the name Rafaela?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rafaelas are alive today.
Rafaela (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 25 babies were given the name, the 1282nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2022; the 2025 figure is roughly 48% of its peak.
The Rafaela you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Rafaelas born in England and Wales are between 5 and 18, and there are at least 320 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rafaela - on average, only one in every 985 such rooms contains a Rafaela.
How many babies are named Rafaela each year?
Where does Rafaela rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rafaela most popular?
Rafaela peaked in 2022, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Rafaela?
At least 320 people named Rafaela born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rafaela?
Most living Rafaelas are between 5 and 18; the most common age is about 5.
Is Rafaela becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2022 peak.