How Many People Are Named Raela?
An estimated 294 people in the United States have the first name Raela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Raela peaked in popularity in 2020 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Raela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Raela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
294
About 1 in 1,165,831 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2020
29 births
Total Registered
297
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Raela
Raela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 297 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Raela as a female name
Ranked #5,733 in 2024
22 female births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (29 births)
Raela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Raela span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 108 babies were registered. Raela remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Raela by Decade
How has Raela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Raela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Raela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Raela
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Raela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Raela?
We estimate approximately 294 people named Raela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,165,831 Americans share this first name.
Is Raela a common name?
Raela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 297 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Raela most popular?
Raela reached peak popularity in 2020, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Raela is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Raela a female name?
Raela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Raela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Raela Smith, Raela Johnson, Raela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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