Unisex name · since 1982
Raheel
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.
- #11,523 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 256
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
256 boys have been named Raheel since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Raheel has 256 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2021.
- #11,523 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 256 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raheel ranks #11,523 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 256 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,523 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 256
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raheel's 256 recorded births place it above 74.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raheel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raheel's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raheel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2021
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Raheel popularity over time - girls
86 total births recorded since 2015 (Raheel as girls' name)
Raheel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (77 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Raheel's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Raheel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 77 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Raheel's data
- Raheel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raheel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1982–2021 (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 Raheel 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.