Girls' name · since 1987
Raelle
Raelle has 439 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 439
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
439 babies have been named Raelle since 1987, making it today's #5037 girls' name.
Raelle has 439 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5037 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #12,791 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,037 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 439 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raelle ranks #12,791 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,037 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 439 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 439
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raelle's 439 recorded births place it above 82.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Raelle compares
439 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Raelle's all-time total is 17% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 439 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raelle splits its recorded history at 2010: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Raelle by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (173 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Raelle's strongest decade.
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Raelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 59
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
159 births
- 2020s
2020s
173 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 173 births (39% of all-time use).
Raelle by state
Where Raelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.3% |
11 of 439 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Raelles (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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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, 1987–2025 (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 Raelle 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.