Names/R

Raynell

girls’ name · 62%boys’ name · 38%FadedCompare

Raynell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195619 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1925
1,154people given the name
Babies named Raynell, by year of birthgirlsboys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

716 girls have been named Raynell in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 19 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 19 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 18%.

Raynell is used for both sexes: 38% of its bearers are boys (438), most of them born around 1976.

By decade

Decadegirls named Raynell
1920s7
1930s49
1940s94
1950s114
1960s129
1970s96
1980s129
1990s76
2000s16
2020s6

In 1956, its biggest year

Raynell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.

Names that rose and fell with Raynell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.