Rafaella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rafaella: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,774 in 2013, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1774highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#2701
2000	#3247
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#5545
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#2275
2012	#1809
2013	#1774
2014	#3514
2015	#2496
2016	#2966
2017	#2341
2018	#5666
2019	#2286
2020	#2042
2021	#2201
2022	#2488
2023	#2689
2024	#2574

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 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1774 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rafaella 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 Rafaella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010s	95	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Rafaella appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1774 in England and Wales in 2013.

Rafaella'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,774, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

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.

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Rafay · #1367, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Hindy · #1774, 25y
Morgana · #1774, 24y
Samarah · #1774, 23y
Serenna · #1774, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Morgana · #1774, 24y
Bayan · #1773, 21y
Aasim · #1771, 26y
Ademola · #1771, 24y

Rafaella 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 Rafaella without appearing here.

Rafaella moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1809 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1809 and #5876.
Finn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1774 and #5742.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Rafaella

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1436.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1774 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Jan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #4688.

Moved the opposite way to Rafaella

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #3795 to #2201 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #3795 to #2201 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #1774 to #2574 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #1774 to #2574 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Rafaella

Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #3795 to #5666 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #3795 to #5666 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #3795 to #5666 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rafaella went from #3795 to #5666 and Kristy from #620 to #5666.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1774 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rafaella

Rafaella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rafaella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rafaella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rafaella and the names beside it

Rafaella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rafaella

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Rafaella at a glance

Rafaella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rafaella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rafaella and the names beside it

Rafaella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rafaella

Moved the opposite way to Rafaella

Moved the same way as Rafaella