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Raziel

Masculine · “my secret is God”

Raziel is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,578 boys against 46 girls since 1880.

1982high 2024
#2125 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare68 boys in 2025

Raziel is the angel of secrets — razi, my secret, and El, God — and a medieval grimoire is attributed to him.

How old is the name Raziel?

Raziel first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Raziel is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Raziel are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Raziel most popular?

Raziel peaked in 2020, reaching #1911 nationally. Today it ranks #2125, 214 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Raziel

Raz entered Hebrew from Persian, which is why the word for a mystery in Daniel is not native. The Sefer Raziel HaMalakh, a medieval magical text, is presented as a book the angel gave Adam. Raziel appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

my secret is God

From the Hebrew raz, 'secret' or 'mystery' — itself a Persian loanword into Hebrew — with the possessive and El, 'God'. Raziel is not a biblical angel but appears in later Jewish mystical literature. The elements are documented.

How the name formed

  1. raz El
  2. Raziel

Related forms: רזיאל · Raziel · Ratziel

Pronouncing Raziel

RAH-zee-el

Three syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew stresses the last, ra-zee-EL.

Nicknames for Raziel

Moderate

RazThe front of the name, which is the Hebrew word for a secret
ZeelThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1982–202580400806819822025

US babies named Raziel per year from 1982 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19111980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1982
Most boys named
202480 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1911reached in 2020
Change vs 2024
−15.0%68 in 2025, from 80
Raziel sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 80 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Raziel in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • רזיאל in Hebrew — transliteration
  • Raziel in Spanish — same name
  • Ratziel in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.

Raziels among us

1,600

people named Raziel are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 25,119 born in 2025 was named Raziel

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Raziel

#2125
Raziel on the 2025 chart
#852
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Raziel went to 68 boys in 2025, but Raciel is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 76, which makes it the 852nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,273 places above the chart.

  • Raziel68
  • Raciel8

About 1 boy in 22,475 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,119 for Raziel itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Dade test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Raziel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dade climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dade's path sketches the road Raziel is walking now.

40%chance Raziel will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Raziel, aligned on its peakDade· peak 2001not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsDade · #9773Raziel today
Raziel today is about where Dade stood in 2006 — 5 years past a #1912-sized peak. By 2021, Dade had settled around #9773.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Raziel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Raziel is headed

19822030

US babies named Raziel per year, 1982 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Raziel should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+10% by 2030projected around #2,114 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Raziel beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Raziel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Razielthis name68#2125Younis68#2125Kyran68#2125Makaio68#2125Younes68#2125

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the Hebrew word for a secret is a Persian loan is a first-rate fact.
  • The -el ending places it in a large and dignified angelic family.
  • Raz is available as a short form that is a real Hebrew word.
What to consider
  • It is a post-biblical angel rather than a scriptural figure.
  • The magical text association is a real one.
  • Three syllables and an unfamiliar spelling will need dictating.

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Frequently asked

How many Raziels are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Raziel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Raziel?
Raziel is the most-used spelling in US records — 68 of the 76 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Raciel.
How popular is the name Raziel in 2025?
Raziel ranks #2125 among US boy names in 2025, with 68 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Raziel?
About 1 in every 25,119 US boys born in 2025 was named Raziel — 68 in all.
Will my child share the name Raziel with classmates?
Raziel will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Raziel

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Younis#2125 · Kyran#2125 · Makaio#2125 · Younes#2125 · Ayce#2125 · Arvin#2125 · Kyrell#2125 · Von#2125

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