How Many People Are Named Raquel?
people named Raquel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,208 people in the US has this name
Based on 50,978 babies named Raquel in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,478 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish and Portuguese form of RACHEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Raquel, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 96.1% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Raquel alive today is about 37 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Raquel first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1970, to 1,478 babies. In 2025, 209 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Raquel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #215, in 1970. In 2025 it ranked #1,123.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,123 |
| Best rank | #215 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #253 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Raquel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Raquel were born in California than in any other state: about 11,922 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Raquel was given 2.7 times as often in New Mexico, 2.3 times in Texas and 2.1 times in Arizona.
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