Boys' name · since 1976
Raymel
75 babies named Raymel in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,386 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raymel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 75 recorded since 1976.
Raymel has 75 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1976 to 2016.
- #19,386 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raymel ranks #19,386 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,386 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raymel's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Raymel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raymel's full recorded timeline at 1996, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raymel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2016
- Peak year (1996)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Raymel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Raymel's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Raymel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (28% of all-time use).
Raymel by state
Where Raymel concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 8.0% |
6 of 75 births nationwide.
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- Raymel's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 2010s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Raymels (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Raymel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~40 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, 1976–2016 (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 Raymel 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.