girls:
131 births since 2009
#5585 (2nd percentile)
boys:
523 births since 1980
#4063 (11th percentile)
overall:
654 births since 1980
#7085 (8th percentile)
The name Rahil is the #7,085 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 654 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 8.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,063 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 523 births since 1980. For girls, it ranks #5,585 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 131 births since 2009.
Rahil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 2009 for girls). Birth data for Rahil is available in 38 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (38 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rahil has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 16.7% of babies named Rahil were boys.
For boys, Rahil reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #823) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rahil ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rahil reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #922) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rahil is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #922 (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rahil".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Rahil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Rahil is pronounced as ruh-HEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rah-HEEL, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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