Boys' name · since 1938
Revell
27 babies named Revell in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,765 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Revell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 27 recorded since 1938.
Revell has 27 recorded births among boys since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1987.
- #26,765 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1938
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Revell ranks #26,765 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1938, peaking in the 1960s.
- #26,765 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Revell's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Revell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Revell's full recorded timeline at 1961, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Revell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1987
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Revell by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
1960s was Revell's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Revell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Revell's decade-level peak was the 1960s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Revell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1938–1987 (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 Revell 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.