Rapha
Boy · RA-fa · Hebrew
Rapha is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God heals”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Rapha mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Rafa; Spanish short form of Rafael
“God heals”
A Spanish short form of Rafael, familiar from tennis player Rafa Nadal.
- Say it
- RA-fa
Meaning borrowed from Rafa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Rapha a girl's or a boy's name?
Rapha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Rapha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Rapha, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were given Rapha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,288, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Rafa 15
- Rapha 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Rapha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Rapha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Rapha, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016. 5 girls were also named Rapha in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Rapha in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rapha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
Names like Rapha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Mustafa Eesa Ibrahim Huzaifa Zakariya Amir Ayyub Zayd Zayaan Umar
Other spellings of Rapha
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