Reathel — girls' name
127 babies named Reathel in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Reathel was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Reathel in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reathel
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Reathel between 1916 and 1935, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Reathel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reathel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Reathel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reathel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reathel 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 127 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.
Reathel at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reathel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1916
- Peak year (1924)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
127 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 13 births in a single year.
Reathel popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1921 (Reathel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Reathel accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Reathel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 82 births that decade — 65% of Reathel's all-time total
Reathel decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Reathel's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Reathel by state
Where Reathel concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 127 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.9% 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, 1916–1935 (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.