Girls' name · peaked in 1970
Raquel name popularity since 1925
50,678 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Raquel. Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Raquel is about 38 years old in 2026. Raquel peaked in 1970 as the #215 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 50,678
- Named Raquel, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,123 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 50,402 girls · 276 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Raquel made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Raquel births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Raquel both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1964 and 1969, Raquel became 6.1× more common, from 1 in 8,540 baby girls to 1 in 1,400.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Raquel's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Raquel.
Decade by decade
Babies named Raquel in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 347 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 815 | 5 | #796 |
| 1940s | 857 | 5 | #937 |
| 1950s | 1,569 | 0 | #749 |
| 1960s | 4,214 | 13 | #623 |
| 1970s | 9,592 | 63 | #262 |
| 1980s | 9,787 | 92 | #239 |
| 1990s | 10,957 | 93 | #257 |
| 2000s | 6,872 | 5 | #475 |
| 2010s | 3,822 | 0 | #751 |
| 2020–25 | 1,570 | 0 | #1,123 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.9% of babies named Raquel from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Raquel is most popular
The index compares Raquel's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Raquel.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.70× | 712 |
| California | 2.51× | 12,687 |
| Arizona | 2.47× | 1,529 |
| Texas | 2.42× | 9,066 |
| Florida | 1.31× | 2,268 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Raquel's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Raquel.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Raquel (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data