Raquel
#1,120 for girls in 2025, 209 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 1,470 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 50,697since 1900
Raquel over time
Rank among girls' names. Raquel has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,120 | 209 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,070 | 232 | — | |
| 2023 | #905 | 295 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,003 | 261 | — | |
| 2021 | #909 | 296 | — | |
| 2020 | #932 | 277 | — | |
| 2019 | #866 | 309 | — | |
| 2018 | #928 | 288 | — | |
| 2017 | #883 | 308 | — | |
| 2016 | #845 | 336 | — | |
| 2015 | #748 | 377 | — | |
| 2014 | #697 | 404 | — | |
| 2013 | #690 | 409 | — | |
| 2012 | #627 | 456 | — | |
| 2011 | #634 | 449 | — | |
| 2010 | #604 | 486 | — | |
| 2009 | #639 | 465 | — | |
| 2008 | #573 | 538 | — | |
| 2007 | #497 | 651 | — | |
| 2006 | #506 | 604 | — | |
| 2005 | #475 | 648 | — | |
| 2004 | #444 | 688 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #395 | 770 | — | |
| 2002 | #389 | 756 | — | |
| 2001 | #351 | 852 | — | |
| 2000 | #342 | 900 | — | |
| 1999 | #320 | 970 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #326 | 911 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #283 | 1,024 | — | |
| 1996 | #279 | 1,042 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #257 | 1,074 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #251 | 1,104 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #229 | 1,223 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #241 | 1,148 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #221 | 1,272 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #239 | 1,189 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #236 | 1,168 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #228 | 1,156 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #230 | 1,170 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #262 | 978 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #238 | 1,082 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #296 | 798 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #284 | 823 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #280 | 872 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #274 | 905 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #300 | 835 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #295 | 810 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #289 | 805 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #297 | 795 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #289 | 797 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #262 | 920 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #284 | 862 | — | |
| 1973 | #270 | 924 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #261 | 1,013 | — | |
| 1971 | #245 | 1,196 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #215 | 1,470 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #245 | 1,208 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #283 | 939 | — | |
| 1967 | #424 | 483 | — | |
| 1966 | #573 | 270 | — | |
| 1965 | #622 | 246 | — | |
| 1964 | #689 | 222 | — | |
| 1963 | #675 | 221 | — | |
| 1962 | #724 | 203 | — | |
| 1961 | #694 | 227 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #724 | 195 | — | |
| 1959 | #702 | 204 | — | |
| 1958 | #684 | 209 | — | |
| 1957 | #780 | 166 | — | |
| 1956 | #742 | 171 | — | |
| 1955 | #749 | 160 | — | |
| 1954 | #743 | 155 | — | |
| 1953 | #743 | 151 | — | |
| 1952 | #763 | 136 | — | |
| 1951 | #869 | 107 | — | |
| 1950 | #833 | 110 | — | |
| 1949 | #800 | 118 | — | |
| 1948 | #835 | 110 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #861 | 103 | — | |
| 1946 | #857 | 93 | — | |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 | — | |
| 1944 | #874 | 76 | — | |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1941 | #865 | 71 | — | |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 | — | |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 | — | |
| 1938 | #923 | 59 | — | |
| 1937 | #850 | 66 | — | |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 | — | |
| 1935 | #792 | 73 | — | |
| 1934 | #717 | 86 | — | |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 | — | |
| 1932 | #808 | 71 | — | |
| 1931 | #609 | 118 | — | |
| 1930 | #631 | 120 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #683 | 105 | — | |
| 1928 | #750 | 90 | — | |
| 1927 | #904 | 68 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,054 | 50 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Raquel! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Raquel
- 50 spots since 2024 (#1,070 → #1,120)
- 188 spots since 2020 (#932 → #1,120)
- 372 spots since 2015 (#748 → #1,120)
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1943 (#1,116 → #849)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1942 (#865 → #1,116)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1970 at #215 (1,470 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1943–2021
- Highest: 1 in 1,189 girls born in 1970 were named Raquel (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,690 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.6% of all girls named Raquel (10,957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 23 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,772 |
| 1910s | 122 | #1,766 (1913) | #2,087 |
| 1920s | 497 | #683 (1929) | #1,259 |
| 1930s | 815 | #609 (1931) | #768 |
| 1940s | 857 | #752 (1940) | #873 |
| 1950s | 1,569 | #684 (1958) | #761 |
| 1960s | 4,214 | #245 (1969) | #565 |
| 1970s | 9,592 | #215 (1970) | #271 |
| 1980s | 9,787 | #228 (1988) | #263 |
| 1990s | 10,957 | #221 (1991) | #265 |
| 2000s | 6,872 | #342 (2000) | #461 |
| 2010s | 3,822 | #604 (2010) | #752 |
| 2020s | 1,570 | #905 (2023) | #990 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raquel in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 1,637 of them was named Raquel, which outranked 98.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 211,522 of them was named Raquel, which outranked 42.6% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,501Zavon10
- #5,501Zebulun10
- #5,501Zohair10
- #5,928Raquel9
- #5,928Abdulah9
- #5,928Abdur9
- #5,928Abrham9
- #6,407Aaronjames8
- #6,407Abdel8
- #6,407Abrar8
Tied with 478 names at #5,928; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.