Richel — girls' name
110 babies named Richel in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
110 girls have been named Richel since 1949, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 110
- total births
- 1949–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Richel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Richel in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Richel
The Social Security Administration has registered 110 babies named Richel between 1949 and 1998, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Richel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Richel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Richel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Richel 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 110 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.
Richel at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Richel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1949
- Peak year (1991)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
110 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 9 births in a single year.
Richel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 45 births that decade — 41% of Richel's all-time total
Richel decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Richel's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1949–1998 (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.