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Baby name
Raphael
Boy
Origin of the name
Raphael comes from the ancient Hebrew Rafa'el, made of rafa, “to heal,” and El, “God”: “God heals.” It is the name of an archangel of the Bible, and of the Renaissance painter.
Rising name
24,258births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 394rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Raphael are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Raphael is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Raphael is most common in New York (2.5 times), Florida (2) and New Jersey (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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