girls:
290 births since 1949
#5426 (5th percentile)
boys:
62 births since 1971
#4524 (1st percentile)
overall:
352 births since 1949
#7387 (5th percentile)
The name Ranell is the #7,387 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 352 recorded births since 1949. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,426 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 290 births since 1949. For boys, it ranks #4,524 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 1971.
Ranell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1949 (1949 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Ranell is available in 40 out of the 62 years between 1949 and 2010 (37 years for girls and 10 years for boys). 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 Ranell has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2010, 0.0% of babies named Ranell were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for girls (86.8% girls from 1949 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2000 to 2010).
For girls, Ranell reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #756) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
For boys, Ranell reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #709) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ranell".
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