How Many People Are Named Raguel?
An estimated 286 people in the United States have the first name Raguel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 49 years old, and Raguel peaked in popularity in 1970 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Raguel 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 Raguel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
286
About 1 in 1,198,442 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
49
years old
Peak Year
1970
19 births
Total Registered
318
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Raguel
Raguel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 318 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Raguel as a female name
Ranked #13,054 in 1996
6 female births in 1996
Peak: 1970 (19 births)
Raguel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Raguel span from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 121 babies were registered. Raguel has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Raguel by Decade
How has Raguel 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.
Raguel by State
Raguel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Raguel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Raguel
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Raguel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Raguel?
We estimate approximately 286 people named Raguel 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 1,198,442 Americans share this first name.
Is Raguel a common name?
Raguel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 318 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Raguel most popular?
Raguel reached peak popularity in 1970, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Raguel is approximately 49 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Raguel a female name?
Raguel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Raguel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Raguel Smith, Raguel Johnson, Raguel 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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