Raphael
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Raphael
Raphael is a romantic archangel name that sounds both artistic and powerful. Raphael is also a great cross-cultural choice, with significance for people with both Latinate and Jewish roots, plus plenty of grounding in the English-speaking world.
Raphael was one of the seven archangels (called by Milton "the affable archangel") who attended the throne of God and, as the angel of healing, is the patron of doctors as well as of travelers, science and healing. Another worthy namesake is the great Renaissance painter Raphael (born Raffaello Sanzio). Several celebs have chosen the name, including Robert De Niro, Ana Ortiz and Melissa George.
Rafael is the Spanish spelling, as represented by Spanish tennis champ Rafael Nadal. Rafi is the familiar Hebrew nickname.
Raphael is also given to girls.
Pronounced RAF-eye-el; ra-fye-EL.
As of October 2026, Raphael ranked #394 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #348.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #596 | 461 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #537 | 533 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #533 | 550 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #517 | 560 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #529 | 535 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #523 | 544 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #512 | 559 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #538 | 548 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #483 | 641 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #453 | 685 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #420 | 744 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #394 | 807 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Raphael on lists
Famous Raphaels
- RaphaelBoy
Biblical archangel
- Raphael SanzioBoy
Italian Renaissance painter
- Raphael SoyerBoy
Russian,American painter
- Raphael Saadiq (b. Charles Ray Wiggins)Boy
American R&B singer
- Raphael HolinshedBoy
English chronicler consulted by William Shakespeare
- Raphael MatosBoy
Brazilian racing car driver
- Raphael "Roy" WelenskyBoy
2nd and last Prime Minister of Rhodesia
- Raphael (born Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez)Boy
Spanish singer and actor
- Raphael SemmesBoy
U.S. Confederate Navy general
- Raphael SbargeBoy
American actor
- Raphael GualazziBoy
Italian singer and pianist
- Raphael AlejandroBoy
American child actor
- Raphael De Niro (b. 1976)Boy
son of American actor Robert De Niro
- Raphael "Raffi" Williams (b. 1992)Boy
son of TV journalist Juan Williams
- Raphaël Halle (b. 1993)Boy
son of actress Juliette Binoche and André Halle
- Raphael Eigenmann Rogoff (b. 1998)Boy
son of actress Cherie Gil and Rony Rogoff
- Raphael Lough (b. 2010)Boy
son of runners Paula Radcliffe and Gary Lough
- Raphael Lebenzon (b. 2011)Boy
son of actress Ana Ortiz and Noah Lebenzon
- Raphaël Elmaleh (b. 2013)Boy
son of Princess Charlotte Casiraghi of Monaco and Gad Elmaleh
- Raphael Blanc (b. 2014)Boy
son of actress Melissa George and Jean David Blanc
Raphael in pop culture
- Raphael SantiagoBoy
character in Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments"
- RaphaelBoy
one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Raphael HythlodayBoy
character in Utopia (1516) by Thomas More
- RaphaelBoy
chemist in The Mystery of a Hansom Crab (1886) by Fergus Hume
- Raphael LeonBoy
journalist in Children of the Ghetto (1892) by Israel Zangwill
- Raphael "RaffyBoy
" character in Gemma Malley's "The Killables" series
- RaphaelBoy
an angel on the TV show "Supernatural''
- RaphaelBoy
a vampire in the French online visual novel Moonlight Lovers
- Raphael KirstenBoy
character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game