Rakel comes from the Danish / Hebrew / Icelandic / Norwegian / Scandinavian / Swedish tradition, meaning Sheep's Friend.
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How popular is Rakel?
2002peak year
Today, Rakel is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12599), with only about 8 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2002, 15 babies were given the name (ranked #7360 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. In all, around 305 babies have been registered as Rakel since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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