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Baby name
Rafael
Boy
Origin of the name
Rafael is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Raphael, “God heals.”
Classic name
89,379births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 217rank at its peak, in 2006
Where babies named Rafael are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Rafael is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Rafael is most common in California (2.8 times), Arizona (2.6) and Texas (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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