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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Raquel has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
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| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1900
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.
Where Raquel is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Texas#265 · 1 in 1,370
- California#388 · 1 in 2,450
- Arizona#399 · 1 in 2,233
- Florida#451 · 1 in 3,700
- New York#558 · 1 in 5,912
Best ever in a state: #67 in New Mexico, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #265 | 70 | 1 in 1,370 |
| California | #388 | 66 | 1 in 2,450 |
| Arizona | #399 | 6 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Florida | #451 | 12 | 1 in 3,700 |
| New York | #558 | 26 | 1 in 5,912 |
| New Jersey | #591 | 7 | 1 in 7,693 |
| Illinois | #750 | 9 | 1 in 10,143 |
| Ohio | #766 | 7 | 1 in 12,577 |
| Michigan | #842 | 5 | 1 in 14,761 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1970 at #215 (1,470 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1943–2021
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,189
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 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 1965
girls
#622
246 births · 1 in 7,175 girls
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 7,175 of them was named Raquel, which outranked 91.7% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).