Rael**
#6,185 most common boys' name of all time · #15,416 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,185
Rank overall
#15,416 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
660
Since 2016
351
Peak year
2024 #2,327
Best rank
#2,327 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 72/yr
Rael first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 53 | 66 | #2,527 |
| 2024 | 11 | 61 | 72 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #4,151 |
| 2022 | 10 | 46 | 56 | #2,802 |
| 2021 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,045 |
| 2020 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,109 |
| 2019 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #5,014 |
| 2018 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,519 |
| 2017 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,647 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,042 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,823 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,998 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,703 |
| 2012 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,101 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,996 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,948 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,492 |
| 2008 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,255 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,235 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,206 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,401 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,221 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #6,897 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,001 |
| 2000 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,761 |
| 1999 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #8,134 |
| 1998 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #8,826 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,911 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,810 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,952 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,703 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |