Girls' name · since 1963
Raychel
Raychel has 1,520 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,520
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raychel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,520 have been recorded since 1963.
Raychel has 1,520 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2024.
- #5,652 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,520 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raychel ranks #5,652 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,520 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,520
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raychel's 1,520 recorded births place it above 92.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Raychel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raychel splits its recorded history at 1997: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 69 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raychel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2024
- Peak year (1995)
- 69
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Raychel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (529 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Raychel's strongest decade.
529 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Raychel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 77
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
320 births
- 1990s
1990s
529 births
- 2000s
2000s
387 births
- 2010s 157
2010s
157 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 529 births (35% of all-time use).
How Raychel 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 Raychel's total volume
Raychel by state
Where Raychel concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 90 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 42 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 34 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
90 of 1,520 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Raychel appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- Raychel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (529 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Raychels (90 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Raychel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1963–2024 (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 Raychel 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.