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Rahil

#9,493 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Rachel

Rahil has been given to 738 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #9,493 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 29 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Rahil, 2025

1 in 414,000

Rahil over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rahil over time

In 2025, Rahil went to 80% girls and 20% boys.

19802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rahil: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Rachel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rahil means

Rahil is a form of Rachel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Rahil → Rachel. The family’s meaning is “ewe”, recorded in English with the source elements rāḫēl.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rachel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 545 boys were recorded with the name Rahil between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,345 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,208 in 2020 to #9,493 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,847 in 2015 to #9,493 in 2025.

In the United States, 193 girls were recorded with the name Rahil between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,437 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,308 in 2020 to #4,437 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,512 in 2015 to #4,437 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rahil?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,493
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rahil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rahil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rahils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rahil was born before 2008 — so the typical Rahil is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
35.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
545
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Choose a decade

2000s — 35.2% of all recorded uses (192).

Is Rahil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,093
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,285
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,646
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.6%
Peak was 2004 (29)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,345
2004

Spellings of Rahil

Rahil is not the most common spelling — Raul is, with 38.2% against Rahil's 0.24%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rahil is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Rahil was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,191,763 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3New Jersey1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rahil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Rahil is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rahil was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 571,050 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —
  3. 3Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rahil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rahil around the world

Where Rahil ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • France
    1986–2025
    #3,881
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2012
    #2,182
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    2009–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rahil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,493
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,285
Best rank ever
#3,345
2004
Peak year
2004
29 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
545
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,437
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,871
Best rank ever
#4,437
2025
Peak year
2025
32 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
193
Count in 2025
32

Names similar to Rahil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RahmelRahmirRaheimRahimRahmanAahilRahulRahmRahiemRahziRaheenRahnAkhilRaheelRahiSahilAhilRahkeemRushilRahmiRaheemRahatSaahilRahkim

Sibling names for Rahil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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