Is Rapheal a boy or girl name?

Rapheal is a boy’s name. Of the 1,542 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

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Rapheal

Recorded 1914–2024 · United States

Rapheal was most popular in 1990, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,912 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,542 people named Rapheal.

Rapheal over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rapheal’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rapheal a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rapheal is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,542 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