How Many People Are Named Richel?
An estimated 100 people in the United States have the first name Richel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Richel peaked in popularity in 1991 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Richel 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 Richel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
100
About 1 in 3,427,543 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
1991
9 births
Total Registered
110
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Richel
Richel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 110 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Richel as a female name
Ranked #16,025 in 1998
5 female births in 1998
Peak: 1991 (9 births)
Richel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Richel span from the 1940s to the 1990s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 45 babies were registered. While Richel is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Richel by Decade
How has Richel 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.
Richel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Richel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Richel
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Richel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Richel?
We estimate approximately 100 people named Richel 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 3,427,543 Americans share this first name.
Is Richel a common name?
Richel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 64.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 110 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Richel most popular?
Richel reached peak popularity in 1991, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Richel is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Richel a female name?
Richel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Richel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Richel Smith, Richel Johnson, Richel 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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