“ewe, (female) sheep”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Rakel is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Official statistics
United States, 2019: 7 girls (rank 12448).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Rakel
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 10 | 279 | observed |
| 1947 | 6 | 344 | observed |
| 1948 | 10 | 269 | observed |
| 1949 | 9 | 280 | observed |
| 1950 | 8 | 293 | observed |
| 1951 | 5 | 356 | observed |
| 1952 | 7 | 339 | observed |
| 1953 | 7 | 342 | observed |
| 1954 | 13 | 237 | observed |
| 1955 | 6 | 370 | observed |
| 1956 | 5 | 384 | observed |
| 1957 | 6 | 361 | observed |
| 1958 | 6 | 371 | observed |
| 1959 | 13 | 249 | observed |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 7 | 355 | observed |
| 1962 | 8 | 329 | observed |
| 1963 | 7 | 381 | observed |
| 1964 | 12 | 279 | observed |
| 1965 | 5 | 478 | observed |
| 1966 | 6 | 417 | observed |
| 1967 | 11 | 298 | observed |
| 1968 | 6 | 448 | observed |
| 1969 | 8 | 372 | observed |
| 1970 | 11 | 320 | observed |
| 1971 | 11 | 332 | observed |
| 1972 | 5 | 540 | observed |
| 1973 | 21 | 219 | observed |
| 1974 | 16 | 275 | observed |
| 1975 | 17 | 251 | observed |
| 1976 | 22 | 212 | observed |
| 1977 | 12 | 325 | observed |
| 1978 | 15 | 291 | observed |
| 1979 | 9 | 404 | observed |
| 1980 | 12 | 334 | observed |
| 1981 | 21 | 232 | observed |
| 1982 | 14 | 306 | observed |
| 1983 | 10 | 376 | observed |
| 1984 | 15 | 296 | observed |
| 1985 | 17 | 274 | observed |
| 1986 | 15 | 303 | observed |
| 1987 | 11 | 383 | observed |
| 1988 | 21 | 253 | observed |
| 1989 | 13 | 344 | observed |
| 1990 | 17 | 295 | observed |
| 1991 | 15 | 304 | observed |
| 1992 | 22 | 233 | observed |
| 1993 | 34 | 181 | observed |
| 1994 | 28 | 200 | observed |
| 1995 | 21 | 238 | observed |
| 1996 | 27 | 199 | observed |
| 1997 | 24 | 212 | observed |
| 1998 | 23 | 212 | observed |
| 1999 | 23 | 214 | observed |
| 2000 | 36 | 160 | observed |
| 2001 | 27 | 189 | observed |
| 2002 | 31 | 173 | observed |
| 2003 | 38 | 156 | observed |
| 2004 | 35 | 163 | observed |
| 2005 | 30 | 192 | observed |
| 2006 | 37 | 168 | observed |
| 2007 | 44 | 143 | observed |
| 2008 | 34 | 176 | observed |
| 2009 | 31 | 192 | observed |
| 2010 | 34 | 179 | observed |
| 2011 | 27 | 197 | observed |
| 2012 | 34 | 174 | observed |
| 2013 | 44 | 135 | observed |
| 2014 | 35 | 169 | observed |
| 2015 | 44 | 142 | observed |
| 2016 | 29 | 194 | observed |
| 2017 | 36 | 151 | observed |
| 2018 | 42 | 132 | observed |
| 2019 | 44 | 121 | observed |
| 2020 | 26 | 176 | observed |
| 2021 | 23 | 181 | observed |
| 2022 | 32 | 156 | observed |
| 2023 | 27 | 178 | observed |
| 2024 | 43 | 119 | observed |
| 2025 | 46 | 121 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Rakel” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.