How popular is the baby name Raphael in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Raphael.
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In 2024, the Western European microstate of Monaco welcomed 721 babies — 322 baby girls and 399 baby boys. All but one were born in the maternity ward of Monaco’s single public hospital, the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace. (The odd one out was born at home.)
Notably, only 202 of them were born to residents of Monaco. The other 519 were born to parents from outside the Principality. About 60% of the non-resident parents came from the French communes of Menton, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, and Beausoleil.
So, what were the most popular names among the (mostly French) babies born in Monaco last year? Rose and Jules.
Here are Monaco’s top 5+ girl names and top 5+ boy names of 2024:
Girl names
Rose
Victoria
Emma
Louise
Angelina
Lina
Boy names
Jules
Léo
Lorenzo
Noah
Liam
Louis
Raphaël
Some of the names above must have been tied (for a pair of “top 5” lists to contain 6 and 7 names, respectively), but the official news release didn’t indicate where the ties were.
In 2023, the top names in Monaco were Louise and Théo.
Some possible influences/associations for a few of the above:
Filianore is a character in the video game Dark Souls III (2016) — specifically, in the downloadable content pack Dark Souls III: The Ringed City (2017).
St. Frowin of Engelberg was a 12th-century Swiss German abbot.
Itgelt is likely based on the Mongolian word itgel, meaning “faith, belief.”
Kordian is the main character of the Polish drama Kordian (1834) by Juliusz Slowacki.
Lysithea refers to several figures in Greek mythology, as well as to a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019).
Metatron is an archangel mentioned in Jewish folklore.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the president of Ukraine.
St. Willibald was an 8th-century Englishman who became a bishop in Bavaria.
Finally, here’s a link to Austria’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
We’ve already looked at the top names in France, so now let’s check out the top names in France’s capital city, Paris.
Last year, Paris’ most popular baby names were Louise and Gabriel.
Here are the city’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
Louise, 190 baby girls
Alma, 189
Alice, 138
Anna, 135
Olivia, 134
Jeanne, 129
Gabrielle, 118
Emma, 114
Adèle, 112
Iris, 111 (tie)
Rose, 111 (tie)
Léa, 108
Chloé, 104
Victoire, 99
Jade, 97
Lina, 94
Victoria, 93
Charlie, 91
Lou, 90
Joséphine, 89 (tie)
Sofia, 89 (tie)
Ava, 87 (4-way tie)
Diane, 87 (4-way tie)
Mia, 87 (4-way tie)
Sarah, 87 (4-way tie)
Zoé, 86
Ella, 85
Nour, 82
Alix, 81
Julia, 80
Suzanne, 79
Juliette, 78
Maya, 76 (tie)
Nina, 76 (tie)
Alba, 74 (3-way tie)
Charlotte, 74 (3-way tie)
Eva, 74 (3-way tie)
Agathe, 73 (tie)
Romy, 73 (tie)
Mariam, 72
Fatoumata, 69
Inaya, 68
Aminata, 64
Elena, 62
Ambre, 61 (tie)
Inès, 61 (tie)
Apolline, 60
Romane, 59
Alya, 57 (3-way tie)
Céleste, 57 (3-way tie)
Giulia, 57 (3-way tie)
Boy names
Gabriel, 321 baby boys
Adam, 240
Raphaël, 235
Louis, 191
Noah, 188
Isaac, 181
Mohamed, 175
Arthur, 172
Gaspard, 152
Joseph, 147
Léon, 137
Lucas, 131
Victor, 127
Léo, 124
Paul, 123
Alexandre, 121 (tie)
Ibrahim, 121 (tie)
Aaron, 111
Sacha, 108
Andrea, 105 (tie)
Ismaël, 105 (tie)
Liam, 103
Augustin, 92 (tie)
Oscar, 92 (tie)
Côme, 91
Maël, 87
Auguste, 86 (tie)
Noé, 86 (tie)
Jules, 84
Antoine, 83
Abel, 81 (tie)
Timothée, 81 (tie)
Hugo, 80
Marceau, 78 (3-way tie)
Marius, 78 (3-way tie)
Théo, 78 (3-way tie)
Charles, 77
Simon, 76
Eliott, 74
Basile, 72
Eden, 71
Octave, 70 (tie)
Zayn, 70 (tie)
Léonard, 69 (tie)
Nathan, 69 (tie)
Georges, 67
Mathis, 66
Ethan, 65 (tie)
Maxime, 65 (tie)
Camille, 64
How interesting that Ambre, the second-most-popular girl name in France, just barely made the top 50 in Paris.
The girls’ top 100 included Raphaëlle (63rd), Olympe (76th), Brune (83rd), and Marie (99th).
The boys’ top 100 included Gustave (67th), Naël (78th), Malo (83rd), and Aurèle (96th).
Here’s a selection of names from lower down in the rankings, which includes all names given to at least five Parisian babies (of either one gender or the other) per year.
Wandrille is the French form of the Germanic name Wandregisel (which belonged to a 7th-century Catholic saint). The second element of Wandregisel is the same element upon which the name Gisèle is based.
Finally, here’s a link to Paris’ 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
P.S. Do you think the Paris Olympics will inspire more French parents to choose the girl names Olympe and Olympia in 2024?
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