Rickel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rickel

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Rickel between 1992 and 2008, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rickel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rickel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rickel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rickel 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 37 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.