Girls' name · since 1953
Raizel
1,763 babies named Raizel in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,763
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,763 babies have been named Raizel since 1953, making it today's #2662 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raizel has been recorded 1,763 times among girls since 1953, currently ranked #2662 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #5,127 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,662 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,763 born since 1953
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raizel ranks #5,127 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,662 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,763 born since 1953, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,763
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raizel's 1,763 recorded births place it above 92.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Raizel compares
1,763 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Raizel's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raizel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,763 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 91 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raizel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raizel's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 91, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raizel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 91
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Raizel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (503 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Raizel's strongest decade.
503 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Raizel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1970s 92
1970s
92 births
- 1980s 176
1980s
176 births
- 1990s
1990s
208 births
- 2000s
2000s
367 births
- 2010s
2010s
503 births
- 2020s
2020s
405 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 503 births (29% of all-time use).
How Raizel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Raizel's total volume
Raizel by state
Where Raizel concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,085 | 61.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 242 | 13.7% |
| #3 | California | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 10 | 0.6% |
1,085 of 1,763 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Raizel's data
- Raizel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (503 total births) through the 2020s (405) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Raizels (1,085 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Raizel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Raizel 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.