Rashell — #5166 US girls' name
1,289 babies named Rashell in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Rashell was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Rashell in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,289 babies named Rashell between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashell currently holds the #5166 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 306 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rashell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashell in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashell 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 1,289 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.
Rashell at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Rashell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1958
- Peak year (1990)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #5166 among girls.
1,289 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 44 births in a single year.
Rashell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 306 births that decade — 24% of Rashell's all-time total
Rashell decade highlights
- Peak decade 306 births
- Runner-up 261 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rashell's strongest decade
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Rashell by state
Where Rashell concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 120 | 9.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 24 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Oregon | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
120 of 1,289 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
- Oregon 0.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.3% 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, 1958–2024 (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.