# Raffaele (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raffaele/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,079 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,079 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 260, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,501 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,565 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,455 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,432 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,234 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,497 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,999 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,022 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,691 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,211 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,808 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,635 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,435 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,392 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,002 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Raffaele

- Raffaele Farina, Catholic cardinal
- Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno, Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1858–1933)
- Raffaele Fornari, Catholic cardinal
- Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, Catholic cardinal (1827-1896)
- Raffaele Arié, Bulgarian singer (1920–1988)
- Raffaele Guariglia, diplomat (1889–1970)
- Raffaele Adorno, Doge of Genoa
- Raffaele Forni, Catholic archbishop (1906-1990)
- Serafino Raffaele Minich, Croatian-Italian mathematician (1808-1883)
- Raffaele Cadorna, General, Italian resistance leader 1944-5
- Diomede Falconio, Catholic cardinal (1842–1917)
- Donato Sbarretti, Catholic cardinal (1856–1939)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.