girls:
23 births since 2011
#5693 (0th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1941
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
35 births since 1941
#7704 (0th percentile)
The name Rell is the #7,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,693 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 2011. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1941.
Rell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Rell is available in 6 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023 (4 years for girls and 2 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 Rell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Rell were girls. Interestingly, until around 2011, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1941 to 2010), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2011 to 2023).
For girls, Rell reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #935) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Rell is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #946 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
For boys, Rell reached its peak popularity in 1941, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #524) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1954.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rell".
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