Rafaela
Meaning
“God has healed”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rafaela peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
317,643 people · the #88 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 639 · median age 21
Among people named Rafaela living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 15,423 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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