Rell — unisex name
23 babies named Rell in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Rell was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Rell in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rell
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Rell between 2011 and 2023, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Rell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1941.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rell performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rell 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 23 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.
Rell at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2011
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
23 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 6 births in a single year.
Rell popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1941 (Rell as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rell accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 18 births that decade — 78% of Rell's all-time total
Rell decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rell's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% 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, 2011–2023 (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.