Raynel — boys' name
50 babies named Raynel in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Raynel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Raynel in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raynel
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Raynel between 1977 and 2022, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raynel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Raynel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1956.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raynel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Raynel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raynel 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 50 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.
Raynel at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raynel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1977
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
50 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 7 births in a single year.
Raynel popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1956 (Raynel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Raynel accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Raynel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 48% of Raynel's all-time total
Raynel decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raynel's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–2022 (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.