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How popular is “Rafael” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rafael” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rafael” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rafael” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rafael” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rafael” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rafael” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rafael” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 22 0.000054525 22 -100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 -100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 -100%
1907 18 0.000038677 18 -100%
1908 22 0.000045022 22 -100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 -100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 42 0.000042507 42 -100%
1913 51 0.000044851 51 -100%
1914 57 0.000040244 57 -100%
1915 67 0.000036564 67 -100%
1916 73 0.000037737 73 -100%
1917 76 0.000037872 76 -100%
1918 80 0.000036847 80 -100%
1919 108 0.000051179 108 -100%
1920 124 0.000054803 124 -100%
1921 139 0.000059542 139 -100%
1922 146 0.000063779 146 -100%
1923 155 0.000067319 6 149 -92%
1924 174 0.00007306 174 -100%
1925 178 0.000076287 178 -100%
1926 166 0.000072303 166 -100%
1927 206 0.000088818 5 201 -95%
1928 215 0.000095093 215 -100%
1929 215 0.000098077 6 209 -94%
1930 214 0.000096254 214 -100%
1931 190 0.000090288 190 -100%
1932 174 0.000082414 7 167 -92%
1933 130 0.000065018 130 -100%
1934 132 0.000063559 132 -100%
1935 124 0.000059333 124 -100%
1936 123 0.000059204 6 117 -90%
1937 106 0.00004975 106 -100%
1938 111 0.000050168 111 -100%
1939 116 0.000052645 5 111 -91%
1940 118 0.000051245 118 -100%
1941 119 0.000048842 119 -100%
1942 148 0.000054176 148 -100%
1943 140 0.0000496 140 -100%
1944 176 0.000065426 176 -100%
1945 172 0.000064834 172 -100%
1946 196 0.00006134 196 -100%
1947 239 0.000066346 239 -100%
1948 265 0.000076756 265 -100%
1949 260 0.00007461 260 -100%
1950 299 0.000085347 299 -100%
1951 275 0.000074652 275 -100%
1952 366 0.000096366 366 -100%
1953 329 0.000085374 329 -100%
1954 425 0.000106765 5 420 -98%
1955 422 0.000105104 5 417 -98%
1956 448 0.000108658 448 -100%
1957 393 0.000093524 5 388 -97%
1958 509 0.000123128 6 503 -98%
1959 509 0.000122415 509 -100%
1960 541 0.000130242 541 -100%
1961 591 0.000142674 11 580 -96%
1962 572 0.000141747 6 566 -98%
1963 537 0.000135668 11 526 -96%
1964 582 0.000149707 582 -100%
1965 624 0.000172117 9 615 -97%
1966 628 0.000180685 8 620 -97%
1967 670 0.000197355 670 -100%
1968 768 0.000227326 768 -100%
1969 824 0.0002371 6 818 -99%
1970 956 0.000265076 9 947 -98%
1971 886 0.000258132 19 867 -96%
1972 938 0.000298442 12 926 -97%
1973 917 0.000303956 11 906 -98%
1974 938 0.000308553 8 930 -98%
1975 995 0.000329536 9 986 -98%
1976 987 0.000325281 11 976 -98%
1977 1055 0.000332127 22 1033 -96%
1978 1012 0.000318854 16 996 -97%
1979 1036 0.000311392 11 1025 -98%
1980 1207 0.000350413 19 1188 -97%
1981 1225 0.00035411 12 1213 -98%
1982 1275 0.000363459 20 1255 -97%
1983 1203 0.000347353 17 1186 -97%
1984 1162 0.00033307 15 1147 -97%
1985 1266 0.00035471 16 1250 -97%
1986 1221 0.000343259 10 1211 -98%
1987 1233 0.000341967 17 1216 -97%
1988 1296 0.00035074 10 1286 -98%
1989 1343 0.000349335 21 1322 -97%
1990 1513 0.000382798 10 1503 -99%
1991 1496 0.000384056 13 1483 -98%
1992 1500 0.000390496 16 1484 -98%
1993 1448 0.000384056 21 1427 -97%
1994 1443 0.000388148 12 1431 -98%
1995 1469 0.00040113 10 1459 -99%
1996 1409 0.000386324 10 1399 -99%
1997 1370 0.000377853 10 1360 -99%
1998 1398 0.000380076 12 1386 -98%
1999 1445 0.000391189 7 1438 -99%
2000 1472 0.000389428 1472 -100%
2001 1461 0.000390288 6 1455 -99%
2002 1462 0.000391088 9 1453 -99%
2003 1419 0.000373193 8 1411 -99%
2004 1551 0.000405923 7 1544 -99%
2005 1497 0.000389352 5 1492 -99%
2006 1710 0.000432234 8 1702 -99%
2007 1622 0.000405735 1622 -100%
2008 1547 0.000393572 6 1541 -99%
2009 1352 0.00035391 7 1345 -99%
2010 1333 0.000360686 1333 -100%
2011 1274 0.000348298 1274 -100%
2012 1229 0.000336034 1229 -100%
2013 1208 0.000331352 1208 -100%
2014 1205 0.000325115 1205 -100%
2015 1226 0.00033127 1226 -100%
2016 1238 0.000337449 1238 -100%
2017 1282 0.000358482 1282 -100%
2018 1404 0.000399329 1404 -100%
2019 1391 0.000400757 1391 -100%
2020 1423 0.000425974 1423 -100%
2021 1489 0.000439499 1489 -100%
2022 1516 0.000448105 1516 -100%
2023 1515 0.000457539 1515 -100%
2024 1614 0.000484903 1614 -100%

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