Rafaella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- raf-ay-EL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Rafaella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God heals”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Rafaella mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Rafaela; feminine of Rafael
“God heals”
The feminine form of Rafael, used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Meaning borrowed from Rafaela.
Is Rafaella a girl's or a boy's name?
Rafaella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rafaella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Rafaella, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Rafaella than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Rafaella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Rafaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #810, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Rafaella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Rafaella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Rafaella, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Rafaella in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 girls in the US were given Rafaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
Rafaella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
Names like Rafaella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Raya, Hafsa, Amira, Ayra, Khadija, Rahma, Ayla, Hawa, Hiba, Abeeha, Rumaysa
Other spellings of Rafaella
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rafaella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rafaella, updated 20 October 2026.