Girls' name · since 1968
Rechel
257 babies named Rechel in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,267 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rechel is the #10267 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 257 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rechel has been recorded 257 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #10267 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #17,351 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,267 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 257 born since 1968
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rechel ranks #17,351 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,267 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 257 born since 1968, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,267 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rechel's 257 recorded births place it above 75.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Rechel compares
257 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rechel's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rechel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 257 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rechel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rechel splits its recorded history at 2006: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rechel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Rechel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 28% of the file).
2020s was Rechel's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Rechel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (28% of all-time use).
Rechel by state
Where Rechel concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 51 | 19.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 15 | 5.8% |
51 of 257 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Rechels (51 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rechel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Rechel 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.