Raquel
Raquel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 232 births. Its best rank was 215th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2320.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19701,470 births
- Best rank
- #215in 1970
- Since 1900
- 50,483people given the name
The story in the numbers
50,483 girls have been named Raquel in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,470 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1990s alone account for 22%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Raquel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 23 | |
| 1910s | 122 | |
| 1920s | 497 | |
| 1930s | 815 | |
| 1940s | 857 | |
| 1950s | 1,569 | |
| 1960s | 4,215 | |
| 1970s | 9,592 | |
| 1980s | 9,787 | |
| 1990s | 10,957 | |
| 2000s | 6,872 | |
| 2010s | 3,821 | |
| 2020s | 1,356 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Raquel was the 215th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Raquel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Larisapeak 1993
- Suzannahpeak 1991
- Lissettepeak 1989
- Dionapeak 1994
- Maribelpeak 1980
- Mirnapeak 1974
- Micapeak 1989
- Rashellpeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.