Boys' name · since 1989
Rumeal
73 babies named Rumeal in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 73
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
73 boys have been named Rumeal since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rumeal has been recorded 73 times among boys since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1993.
- #19,572 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 73 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rumeal ranks #19,572 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 73
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rumeal's 73 recorded births place it above 56.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rumeal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rumeal splits its recorded history at 1991: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rumeal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1993
- Peak year (1989)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Rumeal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (48 births, 66% of the file).
1990s was Rumeal's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Rumeal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rumeal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1989–1993 (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 Rumeal 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.