Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Raphaela

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
God heals

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Raphaela

Pronunciation

r(a)-phae-la

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #6398, 19 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20258
202412
202312
202210
202115
202014
20199
201812
201714
201619

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #2711, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20257
20245
20235
20224
20219
20205
20199
20186
20177
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1926 (rank #536, 13 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4588, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20214
20205
2019–
2018–
20175
20163
20153
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence