Rafal
Boy · RAH-fow · Hebrew
Rafal is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has healed”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Rafal mean?
Hebrew: Polish form of Raphael, properly spelled Rafał
“God has healed”
The archangel Raphael heals Tobit's blindness in the Book of Tobit.
- Say it
- RAH-fow
Is Rafal a girl's or a boy's name?
Rafal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rafal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Rafal, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rafal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Rafal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Rafal in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Rafal in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rafal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Rafal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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