Rahela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-HEL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
Rahela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Rahela mean?
Hebrew: Romanian and Croatian form of Rachel
“ewe”
The Romanian form of Rachel, the wife of Jacob in the Book of Genesis.
Is Rahela a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rahela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Rahela, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rahela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Rahela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Rahela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Amira Khadija Rahma Rumaysa Hafsa Hiba Raya Ayra Hawa Ruqayyah
Names related to Rahela
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rahela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rahela, updated 20 October 2026.