Raciel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Raciel

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Raciel between 1983 and 2012, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raciel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raciel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Raciel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raciel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raciel 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 71 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.