Girls' name · since 2013
Raelah
Raelah has 69 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raelah is the #16509 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 69 recorded since 2013.
Social Security Administration records show Raelah recorded 69 times among girls since 2013, holding rank #16509 nationally today, ahead of 5% 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 2013 to 2025.
- #31,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,509 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raelah ranks #31,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,509 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 69 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raelah's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raelah compares
69 19th 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
Raelah's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raelah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raelah splits its recorded history at 2021: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Raelah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (46 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Raelah's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Raelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 46 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Raelah 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.