Rapheal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAF-ee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
Rapheal is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God heals”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rapheal mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Raphael
“God heals”
Raphael is an archangel in Jewish and Christian tradition and the name of the Renaissance painter Raphael.
Is Rapheal a girl's or a boy's name?
Rapheal is a boys' name.
How popular is Rapheal in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Rapheal in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rapheal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 55 | #1,551 |
| 1990 | 81 | #1,211 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,369 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,415 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Nicknames for Rapheal
Names like Rapheal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rafael Gabriel Joshua Nathaniel Benjamin Daniel Jonathan Jeremy Zachary Matthew Adam Israel
Names related to Rapheal
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Isaac Jacob Ethan Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rapheal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rapheal, updated 20 October 2026.