Raheel
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ra-HEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Raheel is a name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Raheel mean?
Arabic
Given mainly to boys in Pakistan; in Arabic, Rahil is also the form of the biblical name Rachel.
Is Raheel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Raheel has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 12 girls in the US.
How popular is Raheel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Raheel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 22 boys. 3 girls were also named Raheel in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
2025 had the fewest boys named Raheel since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Raheel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Girls were 7% of the babies named Raheel in the UK in 2004, and 42% in 2023.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Raheel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Raheel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Raheel, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Raheel in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raheel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
Names like Raheel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Abdullah Mustafa Rafi Fahad Umar Musa Saif Hammad Abdur
Names related to Raheel
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Raheel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raheel, updated 20 October 2026.