Raffaella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Raffaella: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,687 in 2020, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1687highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#1979
2003	#3099
2004	#3197
2006	#4157
2007	#2627
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2012	#1991
2013	#2460
2014	#2659
2015	#1961
2016	#2757
2017	#2925
2018	#2340
2019	#1940
2020	#1687
2021	#1962
2022	#2178
2023	#2689
2024	#2574

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #1979 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
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raffaella 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 Raffaella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	1 of 10	8
2000s	36	6 of 10	6
2010s	101	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Raffaella 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1687 in England and Wales in 2020.

Raffaella'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	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,687, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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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Raffaele · #1247, 24y
Rafferty · #172, 25y
Raffi · #727, 21y

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.

Khaira · #1687, 19y
Eliane · #1688, 21y
Haitham · #1688, 23y
Hazera · #1688, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eliane · #1688, 21y
Haitham · #1688, 23y
Hazera · #1688, 20y
Lonnie · #1688, 18y

Raffaella 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 Raffaella without appearing here.

Raffaella moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #5591.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Carol Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1991 and #4838.

Moved ahead of Raffaella

Beau Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #545.
Ivy Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1979 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #799.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1979 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #799.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1979 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #965.

What's not yet available

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1687 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raffaella

Raffaella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raffaella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raffaella 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

Raffaella and the names beside it

Raffaella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Raffaella

Raffaella at a glance

Raffaella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raffaella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raffaella and the names beside it

Raffaella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Raffaella