Raquel
Girl · Hebrew
Raquel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,120th for girls in the US (209 babies).
What does Raquel mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew.
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Is Raquel a girl's or a boy's name?
Raquel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 209 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raquel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Raquel, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls.
2025 had more girls named Raquel than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Raquel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Raquel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Raquel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,120among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 209about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 209 girls in the US were named Raquel, making it the 1,120th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 932nd. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,470 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had fewer girls named Raquel than any year since 1962.
Half of all the girls named Raquel in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raquel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | #1,120 |
| 2024 | 232 | #1,070 |
| 2023 | 295 | #905 |
| 2022 | 261 | #1,003 |
| 2021 | 296 | #909 |
| 2020 | 277 | #932 |
| 2019 | 309 | #866 |
| 2018 | 288 | #928 |
| 2017 | 308 | #883 |
| 2016 | 336 | #845 |
| 2015 | 377 | #748 |
| 2014 | 404 | #697 |
| 2013 | 409 | #690 |
| 2012 | 456 | #627 |
| 2011 | 449 | #634 |
| 2010 | 486 | #604 |
| 2009 | 465 | #639 |
| 2008 | 538 | #573 |
| 2007 | 651 | #497 |
| 2006 | 604 | #506 |
| 2005 | 648 | #475 |
| 2004 | 688 | #444 |
| 2003 | 770 | #395 |
| 2002 | 756 | #389 |
| 2001 | 852 | #351 |
| 2000 | 900 | #342 |
| 1999 | 970 | #320 |
| 1998 | 911 | #326 |
| 1997 | 1,024 | #283 |
| 1996 | 1,042 | #279 |
| 1995 | 1,074 | #257 |
| 1994 | 1,104 | #251 |
| 1993 | 1,223 | #229 |
| 1992 | 1,148 | #241 |
| 1991 | 1,272 | #221 |
| 1990 | 1,189 | #239 |
| 1989 | 1,168 | #236 |
| 1988 | 1,156 | #228 |
| 1987 | 1,170 | #230 |
| 1986 | 978 | #262 |
| 1985 | 1,082 | #238 |
| 1984 | 798 | #296 |
| 1983 | 823 | #284 |
| 1982 | 872 | #280 |
| 1981 | 905 | #274 |
| 1980 | 835 | #300 |
| 1979 | 810 | #295 |
| 1978 | 805 | #289 |
| 1977 | 795 | #297 |
| 1976 | 797 | #289 |
| 1975 | 920 | #262 |
| 1974 | 862 | #284 |
| 1973 | 924 | #270 |
| 1972 | 1,013 | #261 |
| 1971 | 1,196 | #245 |
| 1970 | 1,470 | #215 |
| 1969 | 1,208 | #245 |
| 1968 | 939 | #283 |
| 1967 | 483 | #424 |
| 1966 | 270 | #573 |
| 1965 | 246 | #622 |
| 1964 | 222 | #689 |
| 1963 | 221 | #675 |
| 1962 | 203 | #724 |
| 1961 | 227 | #694 |
| 1960 | 195 | #724 |
| 1959 | 204 | #702 |
| 1958 | 209 | #684 |
| 1957 | 166 | #779 |
| 1956 | 171 | #741 |
| 1955 | 160 | #748 |
| 1954 | 155 | #742 |
| 1953 | 151 | #742 |
| 1952 | 136 | #762 |
| 1951 | 107 | #868 |
| 1950 | 110 | #832 |
| 1949 | 118 | #799 |
| 1948 | 110 | #834 |
| 1947 | 103 | #860 |
| 1946 | 93 | #856 |
| 1945 | 67 | #925 |
| 1944 | 76 | #874 |
| 1943 | 84 | #849 |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,116 |
| 1941 | 71 | #865 |
| 1940 | 85 | #752 |
| 1939 | 73 | #805 |
| 1938 | 59 | #923 |
| 1937 | 66 | #850 |
| 1936 | 79 | #757 |
| 1935 | 73 | #792 |
| 1934 | 86 | #717 |
| 1933 | 70 | #790 |
| 1932 | 71 | #808 |
| 1931 | 118 | #609 |
| 1930 | 120 | #631 |
| 1929 | 105 | #683 |
| 1928 | 90 | #750 |
| 1927 | 68 | #904 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,054 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,536 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
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