Rafaela is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2011 and remains in steady use.
Rafaela is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,922 for girl births in the United States (and #5,131 across all names), given to 58 babies. Rafaela first appears in 1887 and peaked in 2011 (60 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | 58 | #2,922 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | #3,072 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | #3,372 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | #3,358 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | #3,787 |
| 2020 | 47 | 47 | #3,326 |
| 2019 | 55 | 55 | #2,990 |
| 2018 | 45 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | #4,464 |
| 2016 | 45 | 45 | #3,508 |
| 2015 | 38 | 38 | #3,969 |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 | #3,765 |
| 2013 | 31 | 31 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | #4,275 |
| 2011 | 60 | 60 | #2,897 |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2009 | 41 | 41 | #3,851 |
| 2008 | 35 | 35 | #4,431 |
| 2007 | 27 | 27 | #5,352 |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | #5,344 |
| 2005 | 32 | 32 | #4,347 |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #4,791 |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 | #5,556 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | #5,051 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | #5,517 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #5,643 |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | #4,055 |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | #4,762 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #6,100 |
| 1996 | 19 | — | #5,232 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #5,624 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | #3,870 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #4,632 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #6,561 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,610 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #4,194 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,866 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #5,247 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #5,017 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,154 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | #3,949 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | #3,210 |
| 1983 | 37 | — | #2,503 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | #4,132 |
| 1981 | 26 | — | #3,315 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | #3,291 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #3,413 |
| 1978 | 32 | — | #2,663 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #4,020 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | #4,106 |
| 1975 | 22 | — | #3,231 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #2,667 |
| 1973 | 24 | — | #2,891 |
| 1972 | 23 | — | #2,960 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | #3,344 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | #3,538 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #3,729 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | #3,135 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | #2,942 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | #3,012 |
| 1965 | 23 | — | #2,590 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | #2,586 |
| 1963 | 28 | — | #2,290 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #2,890 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | #3,292 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #2,706 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | #2,276 |
| 1958 | 27 | — | #2,200 |
| 1957 | 20 | — | #2,628 |
| 1956 | 31 | — | #1,961 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | #2,813 |
| 1954 | 26 | — | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 31 | — | #1,819 |
| 1952 | 30 | — | #1,851 |
| 1951 | 29 | — | #1,834 |
| 1950 | 42 | — | #1,429 |
| 1949 | 33 | — | #1,653 |
| 1948 | 41 | — | #1,453 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | #2,184 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | #2,212 |
| 1945 | 27 | — | #1,613 |
| 1944 | 31 | — | #1,480 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | #1,936 |
| 1942 | 26 | — | #1,659 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | #2,509 |
| 1940 | 24 | — | #1,630 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,552 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | #1,368 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | #1,527 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | #1,475 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,710 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | #1,202 |
| 1933 | 29 | — | #1,354 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | #1,261 |
| 1931 | 33 | — | #1,276 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | #1,192 |
| 1929 | 37 | — | #1,238 |
| 1928 | 42 | — | #1,189 |
| 1927 | 41 | — | #1,225 |
| 1926 | 45 | — | #1,146 |
| 1925 | 48 | — | #1,115 |
| 1924 | 56 | — | #1,042 |
| 1923 | 42 | — | #1,208 |
| 1922 | 49 | — | #1,100 |
| 1921 | 42 | — | #1,197 |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #1,344 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | #1,595 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | #1,634 |
| 1917 | 28 | — | #1,424 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | #1,355 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | #1,511 |
| 1914 | 22 | — | #1,375 |
| 1913 | 25 | — | #1,113 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | #1,287 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | #1,064 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | #1,101 |
| 1909 | 23 | — | #865 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | #1,038 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #2,014 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,527 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | #1,512 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #1,351 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | #807 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,988 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,443 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,886 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,266 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,656 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,747 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,561 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,626 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | #1,077 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,247 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,133 |