Girls' name · since 1989
Raela
Raela has 323 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,165 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 323
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raela currently ranks #5165 among girls' names in America, with 323 babies recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Raela recorded 323 times among girls since 1989, holding rank #5165 nationally today, ahead of 70% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #15,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,165 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 323 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raela ranks #15,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,165 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 323 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,165 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 323
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raela's 323 recorded births place it above 78.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raela compares
323 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Raela's all-time total is 14% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 323 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raela's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Raela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (128 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Raela's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Raela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 128 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Raela 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.