Racquel
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 193 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,762since 1951
Racquel over time
Rank among girls' names. Racquel has never cracked the top 700 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,190 | 72 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,636 | 102 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,595 | 100 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,375 | 122 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,456 | 110 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,323 | 128 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,312 | 128 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,109 | 161 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,195 | 145 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,110 | 157 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,019 | 168 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #918 | 185 | — | |
| 1987 | #980 | 161 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,122 | 129 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,172 | 121 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,232 | 105 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,266 | 98 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,257 | 103 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,396 | 88 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,206 | 109 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,517 | 77 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,397 | 83 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 | — | |
| 1975 | #973 | 127 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,209 | 91 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 | — | |
| 1972 | #958 | 127 | — | |
| 1971 | #812 | 171 | — | |
| 1970 | #758 | 193 | — | |
| 1969 | #810 | 162 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
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| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Racquel! It came in at #4,385, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Racquel is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#795 · 1 in 5,851
- California#974 · 1 in 9,074
Best ever in a state: #350 in Louisiana, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,851 |
| California | #974 | 18 | 1 in 9,074 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Racquel
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 2,800 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #14,942)
- 7,329 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1975 (#1,209 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 370 spots in 1976 (#973 → #1,343)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1970 at #758 (193 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1969–1972
- Highest: 1 in 9,058 girls born in 1970 were named Racquel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.6% of all girls named Racquel (1,267) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18 | #4,385 (1951) | #5,176 |
| 1960s | 326 | #810 (1969) | #3,262 |
| 1970s | 1,134 | #758 (1970) | #1,152 |
| 1980s | 1,267 | #918 (1988) | #1,157 |
| 1990s | 1,233 | #1,109 (1992) | #1,401 |
| 2000s | 526 | #2,190 (2000) | #3,125 |
| 2010s | 219 | #3,689 (2010) | #7,201 |
| 2020s | 39 | #9,562 (2021) | #13,149 |
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.
Racquel in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 20,848 of them was named Racquel, which outranked 87.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,503Roshanda78
- #1,503Saundra78
- #1,503Velma78
- #1,517Racquel77
- #1,517Carmella77
- #1,517Cherish77
- #1,517Chevon77
- #1,530Brea76
- #1,530Jaqueline76
- #1,530Jerilyn76
Tied with 12 names at #1,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.