Raquel is an established girls' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Raquel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,123 for girl births in the United States (and #2,149 across all names), given to 209 babies. Raquel was first reported in SSA data in 1900 and peaked in 1970 (1,470 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | 209 | #1,123 | — |
| 2024 | 232 | 232 | #1,074 | — |
| 2023 | 295 | 295 | #906 | — |
| 2022 | 261 | 261 | #1,006 | — |
| 2021 | 296 | 296 | #909 | — |
| 2020 | 277 | 277 | #932 | — |
| 2019 | 309 | 309 | #868 | — |
| 2018 | 288 | 288 | #931 | — |
| 2017 | 308 | 308 | #885 | — |
| 2016 | 336 | 336 | #846 | — |
| 2015 | 377 | 377 | #751 | — |
| 2014 | 404 | 404 | #698 | — |
| 2013 | 409 | 409 | #692 | — |
| 2012 | 456 | 456 | #627 | — |
| 2011 | 449 | 449 | #634 | — |
| 2010 | 486 | 486 | #606 | — |
| 2009 | 465 | 471 | #640 | — |
| 2008 | 538 | 545 | #573 | — |
| 2007 | 651 | 657 | #498 | — |
| 2006 | 604 | 612 | #506 | — |
| 2005 | 648 | 657 | #475 | — |
| 2004 | 693 | 700 | #444 | #12,791 |
| 2003 | 770 | 784 | #396 | — |
| 2002 | 756 | 766 | #389 | — |
| 2001 | 852 | 864 | #351 | — |
| 2000 | 900 | 914 | #342 | — |
| 1999 | 976 | 986 | #320 | #9,613 |
| 1998 | 918 | 932 | #326 | #8,252 |
| 1997 | 1,024 | — | #283 | — |
| 1996 | 1,049 | — | #279 | #7,779 |
| 1995 | 1,083 | — | #257 | #6,298 |
| 1994 | 1,112 | — | #252 | #6,835 |
| 1993 | 1,232 | — | #229 | #6,116 |
| 1992 | 1,164 | — | #241 | #3,883 |
| 1991 | 1,287 | — | #221 | #3,968 |
| 1990 | 1,205 | — | #239 | #3,737 |
| 1989 | 1,174 | — | #236 | #7,688 |
| 1988 | 1,162 | — | #228 | #7,049 |
| 1987 | 1,179 | — | #230 | #4,872 |
| 1986 | 992 | — | #262 | #3,401 |
| 1985 | 1,096 | — | #239 | #3,348 |
| 1984 | 810 | — | #296 | #3,629 |
| 1983 | 831 | — | #284 | #4,824 |
| 1982 | 883 | — | #280 | #3,896 |
| 1981 | 911 | — | #274 | #6,073 |
| 1980 | 841 | — | #301 | #6,062 |
| 1979 | 818 | — | #295 | #4,749 |
| 1978 | 811 | — | #289 | #5,604 |
| 1977 | 804 | — | #297 | #4,085 |
| 1976 | 802 | — | #289 | #6,275 |
| 1975 | 925 | — | #262 | #6,114 |
| 1974 | 862 | — | #284 | — |
| 1973 | 934 | — | #270 | #3,397 |
| 1972 | 1,013 | — | #261 | — |
| 1971 | 1,208 | — | #245 | #2,938 |
| 1970 | 1,478 | — | #215 | #3,755 |
| 1969 | 1,216 | — | #245 | #3,523 |
| 1968 | 939 | — | #283 | — |
| 1967 | 483 | — | #425 | — |
| 1966 | 270 | — | #575 | — |
| 1965 | 246 | — | #623 | — |
| 1964 | 222 | — | #690 | — |
| 1963 | 221 | — | #676 | — |
| 1962 | 203 | — | #726 | — |
| 1961 | 232 | — | #695 | #4,521 |
| 1960 | 195 | — | #726 | — |
| 1959 | 204 | — | #703 | — |
| 1958 | 209 | — | #684 | — |
| 1957 | 166 | — | #781 | — |
| 1956 | 171 | — | #745 | — |
| 1955 | 160 | — | #749 | — |
| 1954 | 155 | — | #744 | — |
| 1953 | 151 | — | #743 | — |
| 1952 | 136 | — | #764 | — |
| 1951 | 107 | — | #870 | — |
| 1950 | 110 | — | #840 | — |
| 1949 | 118 | — | #802 | — |
| 1948 | 115 | — | #836 | #4,070 |
| 1947 | 103 | — | #867 | — |
| 1946 | 93 | — | #861 | — |
| 1945 | 67 | — | #937 | — |
| 1944 | 76 | — | #878 | — |
| 1943 | 84 | — | #854 | — |
| 1942 | 50 | — | #1,123 | — |
| 1941 | 71 | — | #868 | — |
| 1940 | 85 | — | #760 | — |
| 1939 | 73 | — | #809 | — |
| 1938 | 59 | — | #928 | — |
| 1937 | 66 | — | #853 | — |
| 1936 | 79 | — | #761 | — |
| 1935 | 73 | — | #796 | — |
| 1934 | 86 | — | #722 | — |
| 1933 | 70 | — | #798 | — |
| 1932 | 71 | — | #814 | — |
| 1931 | 118 | — | #612 | — |
| 1930 | 125 | — | #633 | #4,439 |
| 1929 | 105 | — | #689 | — |
| 1928 | 90 | — | #755 | — |
| 1927 | 68 | — | #910 | — |
| 1926 | 50 | — | #1,067 | — |
| 1925 | 34 | — | #1,404 | — |
| 1924 | 46 | — | #1,167 | — |
| 1923 | 28 | — | #1,585 | — |
| 1922 | 29 | — | #1,567 | — |
| 1921 | 27 | — | #1,663 | — |
| 1920 | 20 | — | #2,001 | — |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #2,046 | — |
| 1918 | 16 | — | #2,985 | #4,667 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | #2,186 | — |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,343 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,872 | — |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,594 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,856 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,315 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,928 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,904 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #2,168 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,661 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,120 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,887 | — |