Raphaela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Raphaela: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,112 in 2004, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2112highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2004	#2112
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#3156
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#2757
2017	#3229
2018	#3518
2019	#2643
2020	#3899
2021	#2711
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 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: #2112 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raphaela 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 Raphaela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	54	8 of 10	7
2010s	61	10 of 10	6
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Raphaela 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: #2112 in England and Wales in 2004.

Raphaela'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,112, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 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.

Ranya · #1006, 29y
Raphael · #156, 51y
Raphaella · #1628, 28y
Raphaelle · #3214, 18y

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.

Akosua · #2112, 23y
Andriana · #2112, 23y
Sapphira · #2112, 25y
Summayah · #2112, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Afua · #2112, 11y
Akosua · #2112, 23y
Andriana · #2112, 23y
Bassam · #2112, 13y

Raphaela 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 Raphaela without appearing here.

Raphaela moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Fionn Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #4598.

Moved ahead of Raphaela

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Raphaela

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raphaela went from #2112 to #4192 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Raphaela

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Raphaela went from #2701 to #4056 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raphaela went from #2438 to #4192 and Hayden from #3970 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raphaela

Raphaela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raphaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raphaela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raphaela and the names beside it

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Raphaela at a glance

Raphaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raphaela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raphaela and the names beside it

Raphaela moved ahead of

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