girls:
122 births since 1933
#5594 (2nd percentile)
boys:
317 births since 1915
#4269 (7th percentile)
overall:
439 births since 1915
#7300 (6th percentile)
The name Revel is the #7,300 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 439 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,269 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 317 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,594 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 1933.
Revel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1933 for girls). Birth data for Revel is available in 33 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 11 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 Revel has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 56.4% of babies named Revel were boys.
For boys, Revel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #902) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Revel ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 83.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Revel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #945) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Revel is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #935 (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Revel".
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