first name
RAQUEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 69,611 people named Raquel, 73.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 13.2% as White and 7.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Raquel peaked in 1970, when 1,478 babies got the name.
At least 50,978 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Raquel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #501. The largest share of babies named Raquel, 33.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Raquel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raquel has been most common in New Mexico (2.8×), California (2.7×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Arkansas (0.07×).
47,363 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Raquel
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raquel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Raquel ranks #44,611 of 156,621, with 518 people. See Raquel as a last name
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