Raffael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAF-ay-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Raffael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God heals”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Raffael mean?
Hebrew: variant of Raphael
“God heals”
A variant of Raphael; in German the Renaissance painter Raphael is known as Raffael.
Is Raffael a girl's or a boy's name?
Raffael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raffael 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 Raffael, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raffael in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 656 boys in the UK were given Raffael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #98, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Raffael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Raffael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Raffael, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Raffael in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,455 boys in the US were given Raffael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Raffael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
Nicknames for Raffael
- Raffi 29 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Raffael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah Zayaan Mustafa Zakariya Zayan Zayd Huzaifa Ayyub Rayyan
Other spellings of Raffael
Names related to Raffael
More Hebrew names
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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, “Raffael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raffael, updated 20 October 2026.