Rahcel — girls' name
128 babies named Rahcel in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Rahcel was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Rahcel in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rahcel
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Rahcel between 1976 and 1995, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rahcel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rahcel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rahcel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rahcel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rahcel 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 128 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.
Rahcel at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rahcel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1976
- Peak year (1985)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
128 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 16 births in a single year.
Rahcel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 92 births that decade — 72% of Rahcel's all-time total
Rahcel decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rahcel's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Rahcel by state
Where Rahcel concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–1995 (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.