Raynell
The Story of Raynell
As a girl name
Raynell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1925, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1956: 19 births, good for #2,623 nationwide. Raynell last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 716 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Raynell on the record books as a boy name in 1955, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1976, when 18 Raynells were born — ranking #2,418 that year. About 21% of every Raynell on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Raynell last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 438 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Raynell
Raynell is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 716 births in the dataset. Raynell's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #2,623. Use the chart and map above to compare Raynell'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 .
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