Raychel — #11239 US girls' name
1,520 babies named Raychel in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Raychel was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Raychel in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raychel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,520 babies named Raychel between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raychel currently holds the #11239 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raychel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Raychel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Raychel in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raychel 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 1,520 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.
Raychel at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Raychel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (1995)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #11239 among girls.
1,520 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 69 births in a single year.
Raychel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 529 births that decade — 35% of Raychel's all-time total
Raychel decade highlights
- Peak decade 529 births
- Runner-up 387 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raychel's strongest decade
529 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- California 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Raychel appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1963–2024 (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.