Raela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Raela is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
Where does Raela come from?
Modern: modern blend, perhaps of Rae and Ella
Is Raela a girl's or a boy's name?
Raela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Raela, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more girls named Raela than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Raela in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Nicknames for Raela
- Rae 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Raela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Rynlee Zayla Rayla Amoura Braelynn Lakelynn Oaklynn Ayra Rylynn Lyanna Rowan
Names related to Raela
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raela, updated 20 October 2026.