Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Rafaila isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rafaila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rafaila’s family of names
In English usage, Rafaila has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Рафаила.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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