Rahel
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 511since 1971
Rahel over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rahel has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Rahel! It came in at #7,388, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rahel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Rahel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rahel
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 521 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1996 at #4,453 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 76,218
- Highest: 1 in 76,218 girls born in 1996 were named Rahel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 26.6% of all girls named Rahel (136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #7,388 (1971) | #7,840 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,757 (1986) | #7,532 |
| 1990s | 124 | #4,453 (1996) | #7,772 |
| 2000s | 115 | #7,408 (2008) | #9,354 |
| 2010s | 136 | #5,612 (2019) | #8,677 |
| 2020s | 54 | #6,707 (2022) | #10,082 |
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.
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