Rael — #2323 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rael

The Social Security Administration has registered 405 babies named Rael between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rael currently holds the #2323 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 61 babies received it in a single year. Rael is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 189 additional births since 1971.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rael performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rael in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rael 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 405 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.