Rael
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
- Given to boys 69.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 458since 1979
Rael over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #2,516 | 53 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #2,313 | 61 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #4,112 | 26 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | — | #4,011 | 26 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | — | #4,476 | 22 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #8,479 | 6 |
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| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Rael! It came in at #4,403, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rael is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#789 · 1 in 5,404
- Florida#1,353 · 1 in 11,942
- New York#1,410 · 1 in 12,060
- Texas#1,908 · 1 in 21,881
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Best ever in a state: #789 in Massachusetts, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
| Texas | #1,908 | 8 | 1 in 21,881 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 203 spots since 2024 (#2,313 → #2,516)
- 2,525 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #2,516)
- 7,052 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #2,516)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2024 at #2,313 (61 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,244
- Highest: 1 in 28,244 boys born in 2024 were named Rael (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 50.2% of all boys named Rael (230) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
- Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #4,403 (1979) | #4,403 |
| 1980s | 13 | #5,459 (1987) | #5,492 |
| 1990s | 23 | #7,874 (1999) | #8,256 |
| 2000s | 70 | #6,094 (2006) | #8,890 |
| 2010s | 114 | #4,476 (2018) | #7,988 |
| 2020s | 230 | #2,313 (2024) | #3,464 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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