Recardo vs Rechelle
American parents have registered 670 Recardos since 1880, against 628 Rechelles. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Recardo Rechelle
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 65 years in which either name was published, Recardo for 40 years and Rechelle for 25 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1943–1959 Recardo ahead
- 1960–1973 Rechelle ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1976–1982 Recardo ahead
- 1983–1989 Rechelle ahead
- 1996–2024 Recardo ahead, apart from one short spell
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Recardo | Rechelle | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 670 | 628 |
| Most in one year | 25 | 35 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 610 | 590 |
| Median age today | 43 | 49 |
| Peak year | 1979 | 1970 |
| Best rank | 2,048th boys | 2,240th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1943 | 1955 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 670 | 628 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Rechelles alive today are over 49; half the Recardos are over 43. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Recardo and Rechelle.