Rafel is a very rare variant of Rafael that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Rafel is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2013. Rafel was first reported in SSA data in 1922 and peaked in 1970 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #13,601 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #10,240 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #10,437 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #9,268 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #7,873 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #8,218 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #4,866 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #7,044 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #4,408 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #5,371 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,532 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,667 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,840 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #5,477 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,229 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,866 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #3,047 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,910 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,823 |