Ranelle — girls' name
419 babies named Ranelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Ranelle was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Ranelle in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ranelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Ranelle between 1941 and 2023, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ranelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ranelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ranelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ranelle 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 419 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.
Ranelle at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ranelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1941
- Peak year (1949)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
419 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 27 births in a single year.
Ranelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 87 births that decade — 21% of Ranelle's all-time total
Ranelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ranelle's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% 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, 1941–2023 (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.