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Rafaela

Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raphael.

PronunciationSpanish /ra.fa.ˈe.la/
Usage languagesPolish, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#2,895

Meaning and history

Rafaela is the Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raphael.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 26 births, rank #5,233
2007: 27 births, rank #5,230
2008: 35 births, rank #4,360
2009: 41 births, rank #3,800
2010: 34 births, rank #4,306
20112011: 60 births, rank #2,868
2012: 35 births, rank #4,216
2013: 31 births, rank #4,543
2014: 41 births, rank #3,719
2015: 38 births, rank #3,915
20162016: 45 births, rank #3,464
2017: 32 births, rank #4,384
2018: 45 births, rank #3,438
2019: 55 births, rank #2,962
2020: 47 births, rank #3,281
20212021: 40 births, rank #3,735
2022: 48 births, rank #3,313
2023: 48 births, rank #3,329
2024: 53 births, rank #3,047
20252025: 58 births, rank #2,895

Rafaela moved from #807 to #865 for girls between 1903 and 1909. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 23.