Raffaele
Raffaele is an Italian given name and surname, and a variant of the name Raphael. Notable people with the name include:
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Raffaele
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raffaele is an Italian given name and surname, and a variant of the name Raphael. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Raffaele
American parents first put Raffaele on the record books as a baby boy name in 1908, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1969, when 24 Raffaeles were born — ranking #1,680 that year. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,545 among baby boy names with 17 births, rising sharply (+33% over the past five years). In total, more than 1K Raffaeles have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Raffaele
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Names that sound like Raffaele
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About the name Raffaele
Raffaele is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Raffaele's peak popularity came in 1969 when it ranked #1,217. Use the chart and map above to compare Raffaele's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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