Rhamel — boys' name
26 babies named Rhamel in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Rhamel was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rhamel in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhamel
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Rhamel between 1981 and 1992, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rhamel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhamel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rhamel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rhamel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhamel 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 26 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.
Rhamel at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhamel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
26 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Rhamel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 16 births that decade — 62% of Rhamel's all-time total
Rhamel decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rhamel's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Rhamel by state
Where Rhamel concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 69.2% |
18 of 26 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 69.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 69.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1981–1992 (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.