Raheel — boys' name
256 babies named Raheel in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Raheel was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Raheel in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raheel
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Raheel between 1982 and 2021, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raheel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Raheel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 74 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raheel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Raheel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raheel 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 256 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.
Raheel at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raheel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1982
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
256 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 12 births in a single year.
Raheel popularity over time — girls
74 total births recorded since 2015 (Raheel as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Raheel accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Raheel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 77 births that decade — 30% of Raheel's all-time total
Raheel decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raheel's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% 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, 1982–2021 (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.