Total births
18
Girls' name · since 2022
Reichel
Reichel has 18 recorded births since 2022 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17298
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 2%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Reichel is the #17298 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 18 recorded since 2022.
Reichel has 18 recorded births among girls since 2022, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #17298 as of the latest data, more common than 2% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #17298 among girls today
- 18 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
- 2% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Reichel is currently the #17298 girls' name in America, more common than 2% of girls - 18 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17298
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 2%
- more common than other girls
Reichel vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#17298
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 2% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Reichel was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
7 babies were named Reichel in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Reichel compares
18 6th percentile among 17,726 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
Reichel's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reichel | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 48 | 19,840 |
Reichel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Reichel's full recorded timeline at 2024, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Reichel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#17,298
Active since
2022
Reichel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Reichel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Reichel's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Reichel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Reichel? ▼
Reichel has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 2022, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #17298 as of the latest data. 7 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Reichel most popular? ▼
Reichel was most popular in the 2020s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Reichel been used? ▼
Records for Reichel go back to 2022, giving 4 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Reichel? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Reina, Reign, Reilly, Reita, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Reichel
Nearby Names Like Reichel
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Reichel
Reina Girl
#552 14,080 births
Reign Girl
#435 7,989 births
Reilly Girl
#2709 5,528 births
Reita Girl
1,364 births
Reid Girl
#4491 992 births
Compare Reichel side by side: Reichel vs Reina Reichel vs Reign Reichel vs Reilly
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2022–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Reichel: #17298 Girls' Name - 18 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/reichel. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Reichel 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 June 2026.