Rahela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rahela: Recorded since 1996, it reached #663 in 2010, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#663highest recorded position
8groupings 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
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#4157
2007	#2410
2008	#4524
2009	#2148
2010	#1584
2011	#2432
2012	#2215
2013	#2460
2014	#2659
2015	#1961
2016	#2120
2017	#1568
2018	#1436
2019	#1634
2020	#2042
2021	#1785
2022	#1767
2023	#2201
2024	#2411

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 England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2042 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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 recorded2005–2020
Highest recorded position: #663 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2005–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rahela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 266 births with the name.

Rahela 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.

Rahela'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1436 (2018)	#2411 (2024)	25 of 29	266 (1996–2024)	22 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#663 (2010)	#834 (2020)	7 of 16	25 (2005–2020)	5 (2010)

Rahela 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 Rahela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	4 of 10	3
2000s	39	6 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	146	10 of 10	15
2020s	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Rahela 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #663 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Rahela'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #663, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 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.

Raheema · #1238, 28y
Rahel · #342, 41y
Rahil · #1078, 29y
Rahim · #553, 30y

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.

Alisia · #663, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y
Abigael · #661, 25y
Cadence · #661, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alisia · #663, 29y
Kahlan · #663, 13y
Amrita · #664, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y

Rahela was ranked #663 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. 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.

Rahela 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 Rahela without appearing here.

Rahela moved ahead of

Cecilie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #5556.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #5556.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #5556.
Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Rahela

Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #1469.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1634 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Rahela

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahela went from #3795 to #2201 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahela went from #3795 to #2201 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahela went from #3795 to #2201 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahela went from #3795 to #1785 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #663 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rahela

Rahela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rahela across 2 official records

Rahela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rahela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rahela at a glance

Rahela across 2 official records

Rahela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rahela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rahela

Rahela and the names beside it

Rahela moved ahead of

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