How Many People Are Named Raizel?
An estimated 1,656 people in the United States have the first name Raizel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Raizel peaked in popularity in 2024 with 90 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Raizel 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 Raizel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,656
About 1 in 206,977 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
2024
90 births
Total Registered
1,697
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Raizel
Raizel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,697 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Raizel as a female name
Ranked #2,126 in 2024
90 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (90 births)
Raizel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Raizel span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 503 babies were registered. While Raizel is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Raizel by Decade
How has Raizel 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.
Raizel by State
Birth registrations for Raizel span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, New Jersey, California. The lowest are in Texas, California, New Jersey. On average, about 331 Raizels were registered per state.
Raizel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Raizel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Raizel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Raizel?
We estimate approximately 1,656 people named Raizel 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 206,977 Americans share this first name.
Is Raizel a common name?
Raizel is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,697 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Raizel most popular?
Raizel reached peak popularity in 2024, when 90 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Raizel is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Raizel a female name?
Raizel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Raizel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Raizel Smith, Raizel Johnson, Raizel 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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