Revel — #4578 US boys' name
340 babies named Revel in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Revel was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Revel in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Revel
The Social Security Administration has registered 340 babies named Revel between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Revel currently holds the #4578 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Revel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 137 additional births since 1933.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Revel performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Revel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Revel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Revel 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 340 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.
Revel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Revel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2022)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #4578 among boys.
340 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 28 births in a single year.
Revel popularity over time — girls
137 total births recorded since 1933 (Revel as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Revel accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Revel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 119 births that decade — 35% of Revel's all-time total
Revel decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Revel's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Revel by state
Where Revel concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.9% |
10 of 340 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% 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, 1915–2024 (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.