Racquel

Where Racquel comes from

The dictionaries list Racquel as a given name — a female given name from Hebrew; a fanciful spelling of Raquel — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,385 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Peak, #758
    193 babies named Racquel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,209.
  4. 1994
    Racquel Sheath born
    cyclist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew; a fanciful spelling of Raquel.
Namesakes
  • Racquel Sheath · cyclist, born 1994
  • Racquel Moses · UNFCCC Global Ambasssdor and CEO of Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.