girl's name

Raguel

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 331

Raguel is a girl's name. In 1996 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1950.

Raguel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1996, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Raguel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 15
1960s 50
1970s 121
1980s 110
1990s (to 1996) 22

How popular is Raguel?

In 1996, Raguel was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Raguel is used

France #2,222 5 in 1971
England & Wales #6,023 3 in 2025
United States #12,550 6 in 1996

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Raguel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Raguel also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Raguel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Raguel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Raguel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Raguel

How popular is the name Raguel?

In 1996, Raguel was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Raguel a girl's or a boy's name?

Raguel is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Raguel most popular?

Raguel peaked in 1970, when 19 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Raguel a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Raguel currently ranks #6,023 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.