How Many People Are Named Rafal?
An estimated 189 people in the United States have the first name Rafal. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 30 years old, and Rafal peaked in popularity in 1997 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Rafal as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Rafal paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
189
About 1 in 1,813,515 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
30
years old
Peak Year
1997
16 births
Total Registered
194
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Rafal
Rafal is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 194 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Rafal as a male name
Ranked #12,131 in 2009
6 male births in 2009
Peak: 1997 (16 births)
Rafal: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Rafal span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 90 babies were registered. While Rafal is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Rafal by Decade
How has Rafal tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Rafal + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Rafal as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Rafal
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Rafal: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rafal?
We estimate approximately 189 people named Rafal are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,813,515 Americans share this first name.
Is Rafal a common name?
Rafal is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 194 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Rafal most popular?
Rafal reached peak popularity in 1997, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Rafal is approximately 30 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Rafal a male name?
Rafal is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Rafal Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Rafal Smith, Rafal Johnson, Rafal Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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