Raela

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raela by the numbers

Raela was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Raela

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rahelaewe or lamb; a form of rachel12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ramlasandy desert or sand dune5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raeya56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raena48 in the US (2017)
  • Rayla9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raea5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Raela

Names that are said the same way as Raela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Raela

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