Rahel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rahel: Recorded since 1972, it reached #342 in 1995, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#342highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2003	#4373
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2015	#5730
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 25 of the 43 years from 1972 to 2014.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #621 among girls in Norway in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1972–2014
Highest recorded position: #342 among girls in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1972–2014).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rahel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 169 births with the name.

Rahel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rahel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#621 (1972)	#342 (1995)	#536 (2014)	25 of 43	169 (1972–2014)	12 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3015 (2024)	#3015 (2024)	16 of 29	58 (1996–2024)	8 (2024)

Rahel by decade in Norway · 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 Rahel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	42	7 of 10	6
1980s	65	9 of 10	7
1990sbusiest	53	7 of 10	8
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rahel appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #342 in Norway in 1995.

Rahel'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#536	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#635	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#527	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#629	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#342	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#594	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#418	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#567	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#420	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#500	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#687	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#465	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#416	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#676	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#371	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#509	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#647	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#451	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#474	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#618	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#519	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#432	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#621	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1972 and 2024, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #342, first reached in 1995.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Norway in 1984.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Raheema · #1238, 28y
Rahela · #663, 25y
Rahil · #1078, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y
Marisa · #344, 46y
Violeta · #338, 46y
Dawit · #348, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Florian · #342, 44y
Evonne · #343, 10y
Linsey · #343, 17y
Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y

Rahel was ranked #342 in Norway · Girls in 1995. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rahel 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 Rahel without appearing here.

Rahel moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4535 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Rahel

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Tiril Compare
In 1984 they stood at #371 and #395 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #676 and #297.
Vilde Compare
In 1984 they stood at #371 and #485 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #676 and #300.
Natasha Compare
In 1996 they stood at #342 and #594 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #629 and #357.

Moved the opposite way to Rahel

Natasha Compare
Between 1973 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Rahel went from #432 to #635 while Natasha went from #601 to #353.
Aud Compare
Between 1972 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Rahel went from #621 to #342 while Aud went from #136 to #481.
Barbara Compare
Between 1972 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Rahel went from #621 to #342 while Barbara went from #298 to #615.

Moved the same way as Rahel

Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahel went from #3795 to #5666 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahel went from #3795 to #5666 and Kristy from #620 to #5666.
Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahel went from #5201 to #3015 and Blake from #5201 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahel went from #5556 to #3015 and Ezra from #3422 to #1302.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #342 in Norway in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rahel

Rahel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rahel across 2 official records

Rahel by decade in Norway · Girls

Rahel appears in

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Rahel at a glance

Rahel across 2 official records

Rahel by decade in Norway · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Rahel moved ahead of

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