Rayel
The Story of Rayel
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Rayel as a girl name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Rayel — #7,496 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Rayel on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Rayel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 74 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Rayel on the record books as a boy name in 2014, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 6 Rayels were born — ranking #10,716 that year. Rayel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Rayel
Rayel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 74 births in the dataset. Rayel's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #7,496. Use the chart and map above to compare Rayel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.