Rahel — #13772 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rahel

The Social Security Administration has registered 497 babies named Rahel between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rahel currently holds the #13772 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rahel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rahel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rahel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rahel 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 497 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.