Is Rafeal a boy or girl name?

Rafeal is a boy’s name. Of the 925 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Rafeal

Recorded 1930–2020 · United States

Rafeal was most popular in 1989, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,212 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 925 people named Rafeal.

Rafeal over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rafeal’s peak in 1989. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rafeal a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rafeal is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 925 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org