Rashel — #6211 US girls' name
1,192 babies named Rashel in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Rashel was born in this single decade.
80 babies were named Rashel in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,192 babies named Rashel between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashel currently holds the #6211 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 80 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 470 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rashel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashel in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashel 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 1,192 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.
Rashel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rashel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (2008)
- 80
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #6211 among girls.
1,192 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 80 births in a single year.
Rashel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 470 births that decade — 39% of Rashel's all-time total
Rashel decade highlights
- Peak decade 470 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rashel's strongest decade
470 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Rashel by state
Where Rashel concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 115 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 72 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 62 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 28 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
115 of 1,192 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1964–2024 (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.