Raela — #5666 US girls' name
297 babies named Raela in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Raela was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Raela in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raela
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Raela between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raela currently holds the #5666 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Raela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raela 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 297 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.
Raela at a glance
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Current rank
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Raela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2020)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #5666 among girls.
297 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 29 births in a single year.
Raela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 108 births that decade — 36% of Raela's all-time total
Raela decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Raela's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1989–2024 (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.