Rafael
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About Rafael
Variation of Rafi
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #293 | 1,205 | 627.3 |
| 2015 | #294 | 1,226 | 639.6 |
| 2016 | #291 | 1,238 | 652.4 |
| 2017 | #283 | 1,282 | 692.6 |
| 2018 | #258 | 1,404 | 773.1 |
| 2019 | #261 | 1,391 | 775.3 |
| 2020 | #247 | 1,423 | 824.4 |
| 2021 | #237 | 1,489 | 851.1 |
| 2022 | #232 | 1,516 | 868.3 |
| 2023 | #231 | 1,515 | 885.7 |
| 2024 | #222 | 1,614 | 936.8 |
| 2025 | #218 | 1,639 | 959.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Rafaels
- Rafael Nadal (Parera)
Spanish tennis player
- Rafael Vicente Correa (Delgado)
President of Ecuador
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (Molina)
Dominican dictator
- Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz
U.S. Senator from Texas
- Rafael Yglesias
American novelist and screenwriter
- Rafael Garcia
American soccer player
- Rafael Benítez (Maudes)
Spanish footballer and manager
- (José) Rafael Amaya (Núñez)
Mexican actor, singer and model
- Rafael Palmeiro (Corrales)
Cuban,American baseball player
- Rafael Márquez (Álvarez)
Mexican footballer
- Rafael Halperin
Israeli businessman, rabbi and pro wrestler
- Rafael "Rafinha" Alcántara do Nascimento
Brazilian footballer
- Rafael Lange Severino aka Cellbit
Brazilian YouTuber
- Rafael van der Vaart
Dutch footballer
- Rafael "Rafa" Guevara (b. 2003)
son of Allegra Huston; grandson of director John Huston
- Rafael Llamas (b. 2005)
son of actors José Ángel Llamas and Mara Croatto
- Rafael Schofield (b. 2006)
son of actress Sally Rogers and Jonathan Schofield
- Rafael Ritchie (b. 2011)
son of director Guy Ritchie
- Rafael Fernández de Córdova y de Potesta (b. 2013)
great,grandson of Franz, Duke of Hohenburg and Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg
- Rafael Thomas (b. 2015)
son of actor Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas Baldwin
Rafael in pop culture
- Rafael Santo
character on TV's "American Gothic"
- Rafael Solano
character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"
- Rafael Diaz
character in "Star vs. the Forces of Evil"
- Rafael Barba
ADA on "Law and Oder: SVU"
- San Rafael
California, USA (pron. "ruh,FELL")
Variations & nicknames
- RaffaeleItalian
- RaffaeleItalian
