Girls' name · since 1974
Ruchel
396 babies named Ruchel in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,288 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 396
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ruchel currently ranks #10288 among girls' names in America, with 396 babies recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Ruchel recorded 396 times among girls since 1974, holding rank #10288 nationally today, ahead of 41% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #13,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,288 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 396 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruchel ranks #13,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,288 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 396 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,288 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 396
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ruchel's 396 recorded births place it above 81.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ruchel compares
396 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ruchel's all-time total is 5% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruchel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 396 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ruchel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ruchel's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ruchel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Ruchel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Ruchel's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ruchel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (32% of all-time use).
Ruchel by state
Where Ruchel concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 287 | 72.5% |
287 of 396 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ruchel's data
- Ruchel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ruchels (287 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruchel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Ruchel 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.