Rafaela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rafaela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rafaela: Recorded since 1998, it reached #871 in 2019, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#871highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#2627
2008	#1718
2009	#2535
2010	#2589
2011	#3549
2012	#2717
2013	#2649
2014	#2464
2015	#2945
2016	#1749
2017	#1817
2018	#1526
2019	#1703
2020	#1687
2021	#1402
2022	#1282
2023	#1863
2024	#1819

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1703 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rafaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rafaela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	62	8 of 10	8
2010s	121	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	95	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rafaela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #871 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Rafaela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #871, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rafa · #755, 18y
Rafael · #181, 53y
Rafaella · #1774, 24y
Rafal · #79, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kiyah · #871, 27y
Maram · #871, 25y
Mei · #871, 29y
Salome · #871, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Calista · #871, 27y
Kiyah · #871, 27y
Maram · #871, 25y
Mei · #871, 29y

Rafaela was ranked #871 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rafaela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rafaela without appearing here.

Rafaela moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1749 and #5785.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1718 and #5545.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1526 and #4684.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2535 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Rafaela

Frida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2416 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #3409.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2727 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #2682.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2535 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #2893.
Rory Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1452 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #1469.

Moved the opposite way to Rafaela

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rafaela

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaela went from #3848 to #1819 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #871 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rafaela

Rafaela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rafaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rafaela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rafaela at a glance

Rafaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rafaela

Rafaela and the names beside it

Rafaela moved ahead of

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