Raquel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Raquel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Raquel: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,319, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1319highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2411
1998	#1319
1999	#1675
2000	#1995
2001	#1870
2002	#1928
2003	#1722
2004	#1715
2005	#1690
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#1914
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#2636
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#2464
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#3229
2018	#3178
2019	#2286
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#3970
2023	#4056
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1319 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raquel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Raquel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	94	10 of 10	9
2010s	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Raquel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1319 in England and Wales in 1998.

Raquel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,319, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fabiha · #1319, 29y
Makeda · #1319, 25y
Zarina · #1319, 29y
Amana · #1317, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fabiha · #1319, 29y
Makeda · #1319, 25y
Shamsa · #1319, 18y
Zarina · #1319, 29y

Raquel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Raquel without appearing here.

Raquel moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Raquel

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2464 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Linnea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #2711 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2325.
Marilyn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1914 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #3031.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Raquel

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Raquel

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raquel went from #2096 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1319 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raquel

Raquel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raquel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Raquel at a glance

Raquel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Raquel appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raquel and the names beside it

Raquel moved ahead of

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