Girls' name · since 1986
Racel
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Racel, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #56,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Racel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1986.
Racel has 10 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1986.
- #56,308 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Racel ranks #56,308 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #56,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Racel's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Racel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Racel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Racel's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Racel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Racel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Racel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.