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How popular is “Raphael” in the USA?

Number of people named “Raphael” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Raphael” 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 “Raphael” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Raphael” by birth year

This chart shows how “Raphael” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 30 0.000061394 6 24 -60%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 -100%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 -100%
1912 61 0.000061737 6 55 -80%
1913 68 0.000059801 68 -100%
1914 104 0.000073428 9 95 -83%
1915 108 0.000058938 8 100 -85%
1916 127 0.000065653 10 117 -84%
1917 93 0.000046344 8 85 -83%
1918 108 0.000049744 8 100 -85%
1919 106 0.000050231 8 98 -85%
1920 109 0.000048174 6 103 -89%
1921 108 0.000046262 7 101 -87%
1922 138 0.000060284 8 130 -88%
1923 100 0.000043431 6 94 -88%
1924 119 0.000049966 11 108 -82%
1925 99 0.000042429 99 -100%
1926 88 0.000038329 7 81 -84%
1927 96 0.000041391 6 90 -88%
1928 106 0.000046883 7 99 -87%
1929 96 0.000043792 96 -100%
1930 103 0.000046328 6 97 -88%
1931 85 0.000040392 85 -100%
1932 78 0.000036944 6 72 -85%
1933 78 0.000039011 7 71 -82%
1934 59 0.000028409 59 -100%
1935 53 0.00002536 53 -100%
1936 69 0.000033212 69 -100%
1937 63 0.000029568 63 -100%
1938 50 0.000022598 50 -100%
1939 75 0.000034038 6 69 -84%
1940 78 0.000033874 6 72 -85%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 -100%
1942 74 0.000027088 6 68 -84%
1943 58 0.000020549 58 -100%
1944 48 0.000017843 48 -100%
1945 61 0.000022994 61 -100%
1946 64 0.000020029 64 -100%
1947 76 0.000021098 7 69 -82%
1948 83 0.00002404 83 -100%
1949 69 0.0000198 69 -100%
1950 65 0.000018554 65 -100%
1951 71 0.000019274 71 -100%
1952 86 0.000022643 86 -100%
1953 86 0.000022317 6 80 -86%
1954 111 0.000027884 111 -100%
1955 93 0.000023163 93 -100%
1956 94 0.000022799 94 -100%
1957 97 0.000023083 97 -100%
1958 99 0.000023948 99 -100%
1959 98 0.000023569 98 -100%
1960 93 0.000022389 93 -100%
1961 115 0.000027762 115 -100%
1962 114 0.00002825 7 107 -88%
1963 99 0.000025011 99 -100%
1964 103 0.000026494 5 98 -90%
1965 96 0.000026479 96 -100%
1966 115 0.000033087 5 110 -91%
1967 111 0.000032696 6 105 -89%
1968 130 0.00003848 130 -100%
1969 162 0.000046614 9 153 -89%
1970 178 0.000049355 10 168 -89%
1971 187 0.000054482 187 -100%
1972 191 0.00006077 11 180 -88%
1973 192 0.000063642 192 -100%
1974 162 0.000053289 162 -100%
1975 188 0.000062264 7 181 -93%
1976 182 0.000059981 182 -100%
1977 187 0.00005887 5 182 -95%
1978 171 0.000053877 171 -100%
1979 169 0.000050797 12 157 -86%
1980 158 0.00004587 158 -100%
1981 172 0.00004972 5 167 -94%
1982 197 0.000056158 6 191 -94%
1983 185 0.000053417 6 179 -94%
1984 214 0.00006134 6 208 -94%
1985 261 0.000073127 5 256 -96%
1986 277 0.000077873 9 268 -94%
1987 258 0.000071555 5 253 -96%
1988 311 0.000084167 8 303 -95%
1989 312 0.000081156 9 303 -94%
1990 450 0.000113853 450 -100%
1991 371 0.000095244 371 -100%
1992 311 0.000080963 311 -100%
1993 270 0.000071613 270 -100%
1994 261 0.000070206 261 -100%
1995 251 0.000068539 251 -100%
1996 254 0.000069643 254 -100%
1997 260 0.000071709 260 -100%
1998 262 0.00007123 6 256 -95%
1999 268 0.000072553 268 -100%
2000 304 0.000080425 304 -100%
2001 266 0.000071059 266 -100%
2002 269 0.000071958 269 -100%
2003 253 0.000066538 253 -100%
2004 304 0.000079562 304 -100%
2005 316 0.000082188 316 -100%
2006 331 0.000083666 331 -100%
2007 333 0.000083298 333 -100%
2008 397 0.000101001 397 -100%
2009 405 0.000106016 5 400 -98%
2010 369 0.000099845 369 -100%
2011 356 0.000097326 356 -100%
2012 387 0.000105814 387 -100%
2013 423 0.000116028 423 -100%
2014 461 0.00012438 461 -100%
2015 533 0.000144019 533 -100%
2016 550 0.000149917 550 -100%
2017 560 0.000156591 560 -100%
2018 535 0.000152166 535 -100%
2019 544 0.00015673 544 -100%
2020 559 0.000167336 559 -100%
2021 548 0.00016175 548 -100%
2022 641 0.000189469 641 -100%
2023 685 0.000206874 685 -100%
2024 749 0.000225026 5 744 -99%

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