Raquel
Raquel was given to 209 girls in 2025, #1,123 among girls’ names; 50,978 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 47,300 Americans named Raquel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 26 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Raquel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Raquel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Raquel is “a female given name from Hebrew.”
Borrowed from Spanish Raquel, from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rāḥēl). Doublet of Rachel.
/ɹɑːˈkɛl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Raquel?
#1,123 among girls’ names, 2025
Raquel fell from #751 in 2015 to #1,123 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.21 to 0.13 per 1,000.
1,478 babies in 1970, the peak
Raquel peaked in 1970, when 1,478 babies were given it (1,470 girls, #215 among girls’ names). The 209 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | #1,123 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 232 | #1,074 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 295 | #906 | 0.18 |
| 2022 | 261 | #1,006 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 296 | #909 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 277 | #932 | 0.17 |
| 2019 | 309 | #868 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 288 | #931 | 0.17 |
| 2017 | 308 | #885 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 336 | #846 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 377 | #751 | 0.21 |
| 2014 | 404 | #698 | 0.23 |
| 2013 | 409 | #692 | 0.23 |
| 2012 | 456 | #627 | 0.26 |
| 2011 | 449 | #634 | 0.26 |
| 2010 | 486 | #606 | 0.27 |
| 2009 | 465 | #640 | 0.25 |
| 2008 | 538 | #573 | 0.28 |
| 2007 | 651 | #498 | 0.34 |
| 2006 | 604 | #506 | 0.32 |
| 2005 | 648 | #475 | 0.35 |
| 2004 | 688 | #444 | 0.37 |
| 2003 | 770 | #396 | 0.42 |
| 2002 | 756 | #389 | 0.42 |
| 2001 | 852 | #351 | 0.47 |
| 2000 | 900 | #342 | 0.50 |
| 1999 | 970 | #320 | 0.55 |
| 1998 | 911 | #326 | 0.52 |
| 1997 | 1,024 | #283 | 0.59 |
| 1996 | 1,042 | #279 | 0.59 |
| 1995 | 1,074 | #257 | 0.61 |
| 1994 | 1,104 | #252 | 0.62 |
| 1993 | 1,223 | #229 | 0.68 |
| 1992 | 1,148 | #241 | 0.62 |
| 1991 | 1,272 | #221 | 0.68 |
| 1990 | 1,189 | #239 | 0.63 |
| 1989 | 1,168 | #236 | 0.63 |
| 1988 | 1,156 | #228 | 0.65 |
| 1987 | 1,170 | #230 | 0.67 |
| 1986 | 978 | #262 | 0.57 |
| 1985 | 1,082 | #239 | 0.63 |
| 1984 | 798 | #296 | 0.47 |
| 1983 | 823 | #284 | 0.49 |
| 1982 | 872 | #280 | 0.51 |
| 1981 | 905 | #274 | 0.54 |
| 1980 | 835 | #301 | 0.50 |
| 1979 | 810 | #295 | 0.50 |
| 1978 | 805 | #289 | 0.53 |
| 1977 | 795 | #297 | 0.52 |
| 1976 | 797 | #289 | 0.54 |
| 1975 | 920 | #262 | 0.63 |
| 1974 | 862 | #284 | 0.59 |
| 1973 | 924 | #270 | 0.63 |
| 1972 | 1,013 | #261 | 0.67 |
| 1971 | 1,196 | #245 | 0.72 |
| 1970 | 1,470 | #215 | 0.84 |
| 1969 | 1,208 | #245 | 0.72 |
| 1968 | 939 | #283 | 0.57 |
| 1967 | 483 | #425 | 0.29 |
| 1966 | 270 | #575 | 0.16 |
| 1965 | 246 | #623 | 0.14 |
| 1964 | 222 | #690 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 221 | #676 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 203 | #726 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 227 | #695 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 195 | #726 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 204 | #703 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 209 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 166 | #780 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 171 | #744 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 160 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 155 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 151 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 136 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 107 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 110 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 118 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 110 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 103 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 93 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 67 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 76 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 84 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 71 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 85 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 73 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 59 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 66 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 79 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 73 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 86 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 70 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 71 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 118 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 120 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 105 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 90 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 68 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,167 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,567 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 20 | #2,001 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,046 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,984 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,185 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,343 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,856 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,928 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,168 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,119 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,886 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Raquel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Raquel has been given almost only to girls: 281 boys in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Raquel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Raquel, and how old are they?
47,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 50,978 Americans ever recorded as Raquel. The median Raquel alive today is 37 years old; half are between 26 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 69,611 people named Raquel (69,267 women and girls, 344 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 46,679 born in the U.S. The Census count is 49% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 394 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,440 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 12,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 16,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,980 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Raquel born?
The states with the most babies named Raquel are California, Texas and New York, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 12,697 | #1,045 | 2.1× |
| Texas | 9,212 | #758 | 2.2× |
| New York | 4,577 | #1,019 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 2,296 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 2,268 | #859 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 1,539 | #561 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 1,529 | #802 | 1.8× |
| Michigan | 1,279 | #1,368 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 932 | #1,647 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 823 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Raquel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Raquel is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Raquel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 51,293 babies since 1880, Raquel is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 209 of their 209 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Raquel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Raquel and names like it
- Compare Raquel and RaquellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sRaquel peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Raquel since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Raquel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Raquel.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Raquel alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.