Rachael
#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 2,833 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 82,469since 1880
Rachael over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,272 | 80 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,787 | 114 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,792 | 116 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,420 | 163 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,297 | 185 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,171 | 210 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,021 | 244 | — | |
| 2012 | #893 | 296 | — | |
| 2011 | #825 | 321 | — | |
| 2010 | #698 | 410 | — | |
| 2009 | #615 | 491 | — | |
| 2008 | #481 | 658 | — | |
| 2007 | #393 | 834 | — | |
| 2006 | #393 | 814 | — | |
| 2005 | #392 | 797 | — | |
| 2004 | #369 | 845 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #320 | 971 | — | |
| 2002 | #300 | 1,041 | — | |
| 2001 | #244 | 1,304 | — | |
| 2000 | #228 | 1,389 | — | |
| 1999 | #187 | 1,654 | — | |
| 1998 | #170 | 1,744 | — | |
| 1997 | #154 | 2,039 | — | |
| 1996 | #128 | 2,485 | — | |
| 1995 | #120 | 2,606 | — | |
| 1994 | #124 | 2,553 | — | |
| 1993 | #117 | 2,746 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #123 | 2,745 | — | |
| 1991 | #114 | 2,915 | — | |
| 1990 | #111 | 3,028 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #109 | 2,833 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #100 | 2,831 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #98 | 2,833 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #103 | 2,699 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #100 | 2,761 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #103 | 2,652 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #123 | 2,410 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #120 | 2,473 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #132 | 2,131 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #142 | 2,047 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #151 | 1,852 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #162 | 1,694 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #185 | 1,487 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #177 | 1,438 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #185 | 1,376 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #215 | 1,188 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #257 | 972 | — | |
| 1972 | #269 | 980 | — | |
| 1971 | #312 | 851 | — | |
| 1970 | #313 | 886 | — | |
| 1969 | #333 | 725 | — | |
| 1968 | #432 | 483 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #447 | 446 | — | |
| 1966 | #583 | 262 | — | |
| 1965 | #668 | 217 | — | |
| 1964 | #733 | 201 | — | |
| 1963 | #734 | 195 | — | |
| 1962 | #776 | 180 | — | |
| 1961 | #757 | 189 | — | |
| 1960 | #849 | 150 | — | |
| 1959 | #866 | 141 | — | |
| 1958 | #740 | 180 | — | |
| 1957 | #933 | 122 | — | |
| 1956 | #914 | 121 | — | |
| 1955 | #916 | 115 | — | |
| 1954 | #768 | 148 | — | |
| 1953 | #766 | 143 | — | |
| 1952 | #935 | 98 | — | |
| 1951 | #961 | 93 | — | |
| 1950 | #959 | 88 | — | |
| 1949 | #872 | 101 | — | |
| 1948 | #939 | 85 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,003 | 78 | — | |
| 1946 | #961 | 75 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 | — | |
| 1944 | #925 | 69 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,022 | 61 | — | |
| 1942 | #936 | 70 | — | |
| 1941 | #911 | 65 | — | |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | — | |
| 1938 | #905 | 61 | — | |
| 1937 | #929 | 55 | — | |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1935 | #974 | 50 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 | — | |
| 1933 | #973 | 50 | — | |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,243 | 34 | — | |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 | — | |
| 1929 | #951 | 57 | — | |
| 1928 | #896 | 67 | — | |
| 1927 | #783 | 86 | — | |
| 1926 | #748 | 92 | — | |
| 1925 | #818 | 83 | — | |
| 1924 | #761 | 96 | — | |
| 1923 | #718 | 103 | — | |
| 1922 | #678 | 115 | — | |
| 1921 | #603 | 144 | — | |
| 1920 | #662 | 119 | — | |
| 1919 | #637 | 118 | — | |
| 1918 | #604 | 139 | — | |
| 1917 | #561 | 145 | — | |
| 1916 | #517 | 160 | — | |
| 1915 | #669 | 96 | — | |
| 1914 | #706 | 67 | — | |
| 1913 | #671 | 60 | — | |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 | — | |
| 1911 | #659 | 43 | — | |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 | — | |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 | — | |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 | — | |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 | — | |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | — | |
| 1905 | #761 | 23 | — | |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | — | |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 | — | |
| 1900 | #509 | 44 | — | |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | — | |
| 1898 | #768 | 19 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #596 | 26 | — | |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 | — | |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rachael was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rachael
- 1,095 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #4,987)
- 2,390 spots since 2020 (#2,597 → #4,987)
- 3,690 spots since 2015 (#1,297 → #4,987)
- Biggest jump: 362 spots in 1891 (#1,006 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1890 (#641 → #1,006)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1987 at #98 (2,833 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1987–1988
- Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1948–2012
- Highest: 1 in 614 girls born in 1987 were named Rachael (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.1% of all girls named Rachael (25,670) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 113 | #492 (1880) | #656 |
| 1890s | 185 | #596 (1895) | #719 |
| 1900s | 254 | #509 (1900) | #731 |
| 1910s | 932 | #517 (1916) | #630 |
| 1920s | 962 | #603 (1921) | #762 |
| 1930s | 522 | #894 (1930) | #980 |
| 1940s | 726 | #868 (1940) | #949 |
| 1950s | 1,249 | #740 (1958) | #876 |
| 1960s | 3,048 | #333 (1969) | #631 |
| 1970s | 12,724 | #151 (1979) | #223 |
| 1980s | 25,670 | #98 (1987) | #113 |
| 1990s | 24,515 | #111 (1990) | #135 |
| 2000s | 9,144 | #228 (2000) | #374 |
| 2010s | 2,139 | #698 (2010) | #1,318 |
| 2020s | 286 | #2,597 (2020) | #3,473 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rachael in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 904 of them was named Rachael, which outranked 98.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 273,640 of them was named Rachael, which outranked 25.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #5,059Rachael6
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- #5,059Aaren6
- #5,059Abdel6
- #5,772Aalon5
- #5,772Aaraon5
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Tied with 712 names at #5,059; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.