Raphael

maleStatistical record

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

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

Raphael: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #156, and it stood at #415 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
85times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#156highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Raphael's record

Moved 257 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#427
1997	#399
1998	#437
1999	#352
2000	#372
2001	#378
2002	#350
2003	#332
2004	#272
2005	#260
2006	#255
2007	#276
2008	#244
2009	#222
2010	#239
2011	#240
2012	#236
2013	#234
2014	#231
2015	#233
2016	#235
2017	#189
2018	#183
2019	#176
2020	#182
2021	#180
2022	#163
2023	#156
2024	#158

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 47 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2025: #415 among boys in Norway, #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #170 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #156 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Raphael appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 288 births with the name.

Raphael across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Raphael's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#170 (1965)	#170 (1965)	#468 (2025)	47 of 61	288 (1965–2025)	16 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#427 (1996)	#156 (2023)	#158 (2024)	29 of 29	5,409 (1996–2024)	339 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#326 (2021)	#326 (2021)	6 of 13	22 (2009–2021)	5 (2021)

Raphael by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Raphael in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	35	5 of 10	7
1970s	40	9 of 10	4
1980s	22	5 of 10	4
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	55	9 of 10	6
2010s	73	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	53	6 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Raphael 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 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #156 in England and Wales in 2023.

Raphael'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	male	#158	320	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#156	339	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#163	314	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#180	293	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#182	293	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#176	299	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#183	288	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#189	289	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#235	240	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#233	245	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#231	243	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#234	221	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#236	218	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#240	199	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#239	195	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#222	204	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#244	177	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#276	145	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#255	145	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#260	128	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#272	117	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#332	82	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#350	72	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#378	63	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#372	63	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#352	66	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#437	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#399	56	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#427	47	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#268	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #156, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 339 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 61 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.

Ranvir · #1294, 25y
Ranya · #1006, 29y
Raphaela · #2112, 26y
Raphaella · #1628, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Nicolas · #148, 53y
Eddie · #166, 55y
Rafael · #181, 53y
Zainab · #125, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Clement · #156, 49y
Jurgita · #156, 19y
Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Ambrose · #155, 46y

Raphael was ranked #156 in England and Wales · Boys in 2023. 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.

Raphael 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 Raphael without appearing here.

Raphael moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 1998 they stood at #437 and #369 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #352 and #586.
Roger Compare
In 2020 they stood at #556 and #556 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #414 and #631.
Graham Compare
In 1998 they stood at #437 and #398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #352 and #516.
Ronald Compare
In 2002 they stood at #323 and #286 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #337 and #500.

Moved ahead of Raphael

Tony Compare
In 2013 they stood at #309 and #352 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #403.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #399 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #437 and #182.
Lachlan Compare
In 2013 they stood at #309 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #468.
Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #354 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #473 and #241.

Moved the opposite way to Raphael

Harry Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 while Harry went from #250 to #25.
Jude Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 while Jude went from #129 to #61.
Leo Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 while Leo went from #99 to #10.
Oliver Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 while Oliver went from #69 to #18.

Moved the same way as Raphael

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 and Alan from #27 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 and Andrew from #32 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raphael went from #170 to #468 and Anthony from #12 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #156 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raphael

Raphael at a glance

What stands out in Raphael's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raphael across 3 official records

Raphael by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Raphael appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Raphael at a glance

What stands out in Raphael's record

Raphael across 3 official records

Raphael by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Raphael appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Raphael

Raphael and the names beside it

Raphael moved ahead of

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