Rachael

Where Rachael comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rachael.

  • Hebrew
Rachael through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #492 among girls, with 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1979
    Rachael Leigh Cook born
    American actress and model
  3. 1984
    Rachael Taylor born
    Australian actress and model
  4. 1987
    Peak, #98
    2,833 babies named Rachael, its best rank.
  5. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #228.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, a spelling variant of Rachel first recorded in the 17th century.
Namesakes
  • Rachael Leigh Cook · American actress and model, born 1979
  • Rachael Taylor · Australian actress and model, born 1984
  • Rachael Harris · American actress and comedian, born 1968
  • Rachael Yamagata · American musician, born 1977
  • Rachael Carpani · Australian actress, 1980–2025

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.