Achel — girls' name
39 babies named Achel in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Achel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Achel in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Achel
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Achel between 1980 and 1988, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Achel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Achel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Achel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Achel at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Achel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1980
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
39 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 7 births in a single year.
Achel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 100% of Achel's all-time total
Achel decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Achel's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.