Raphaella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- raf-ay-EL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Raphaella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God heals”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Raphaella 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 Raphaella a girl's or a boy's name?
Raphaella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raphaella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Raphaella, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Raphaella than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Raphaella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Raphaella 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.
Raphaella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Raphaella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Raphaella, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had the most girls named Raphaella of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Raphaella in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 girls in the US were given Raphaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Raphaella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Raphaella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella Eliana Arabella Ariella Ava Isla Gabriella Sienna Lyra Raya Eliza Mila
Other spellings of Raphaella
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Raphaella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raphaella, updated 20 October 2026.