Rachelle

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 948 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,933
since 1911

Rachelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rachelle has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #259, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,34246
2024#3,17650
2023#3,58543
2022#3,36547
2021#3,43545
2020#3,49843
2019#2,78460
2018#2,53269
2017#2,87358
2016#2,73963
2015#2,06095
2014#2,13989
2013#2,45873
2012#2,13289
2011#1,748117
2010#1,703123
2009#1,810119
2008#1,554148
2007#1,409169
2006#1,162209
2005#1,222186
2004#1,050220
2003#898265
2002#919243
2001#792298
2000#803283
1999#757294
1998#686330
1997#653338
1996#534441
1995#510480
1994#408614
1993#398634
1992#368696
1991#339775
1990#329835
1989#300868
1988#278906
1987#281873
1986#270922#6,7215
1985#272925
1984#259948#6,3155
1983#264909
1982#275885
1981#288844
1980#265949
1979#288843#6,0565
1978#295783
1977#338676
1976#299770
1975#298789#5,4645
1974#304776#5,2275
1973#279882
1972#285898#3,9637
1971#285997
1970#294989
1969#296946#4,4045
1968#312785
1967#371598
1966#447436
1965#486378
1964#475413
1963#501376
1962#516358
1961#504376
1960#568298
1959#600274
1958#657228
1957#672214
1956#563277
1955#698181
1954#702175
1953#733154
1952#811125
1951#831116
1950#827111
1949#872101
1948#95084
1947#96984
1946#1,05065
1945#1,15546
1944#1,11549
1943#1,11352
1942#1,27839
1941#1,29435
1940#1,34731
1939#1,37829
1938#1,65022
1937#1,91417
1936#1,69120
1935#1,91717
1934#2,56711
1933#2,27513
1932#2,83110
1931#2,42712
1930#2,69011
1929#2,58712
1928#3,7437
1927#3,5618
1926#2,87211
1925#2,61713
1924#1,99220
1923#2,26416
1922#2,18617
1921#2,04819
1920#1,70824
1919#1,92119
1918#2,37614
1917#2,42813
1916#2,36813
1915#2,14314
1914#3,1886
1913#2,03410
1912#2,6346
1911#2,4635
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Rachelle! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1912, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 166 spots since 2024 (#3,176#3,342)
  • 156 spots since 2020 (#3,498#3,342)
  • 1,282 spots since 2015 (#2,060#3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1956 (#698#563)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2004 (#898#1,050)
Rise & fade · girls
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1984 at #259 (948 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1947–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,653
  • Highest: 1 in 1,653 girls born in 1973 were named Rachelle (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #259 in 1984, was only 1 in 1,776 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 26.6% of all girls named Rachelle (9,029) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s100#1,921 (1919)#2,395
1920s147#1,708 (1920)#2,558
1930s162#1,378 (1939)#2,134
1940s586#872 (1949)#1,114
1950s1,855#563 (1956)#709
1960s4,964#296 (1969)#448
1970s8,403#279 (1973)#297
1980s9,029#259 (1984)#275
1990s5,437#329 (1990)#498
2000s2,140#792 (2001)#1,162
2010s836#1,703 (2010)#2,317
2020s274#3,176 (2024)#3,400

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.

Rachelle in 1966

girls
#447
436 births · 1 in 3,881 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #447Rachelle436
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 3,881 of them was named Rachelle, which outranked 94.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rachelle
  1. #444Laurel444
  2. #445Ladonna439
  3. #446Angel438
  4. #447Rachelle436
  5. #447Jolene436
  6. #449Iris435
  7. #450Gladys434
  8. #451Greta433

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966