Racheal

Where Racheal comes from

Racheal hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,140 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Peak, #517
    388 babies named Racheal — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    Racheal Nachula born
    Zambian sprinter and footballer
  4. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,183.
  5. 2000
    Racheal Kundananji born
    Zambian footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Racheal Kundananji · Zambian footballer, born 2000
  • Racheal Nachula · Zambian sprinter and footballer, born 1986
  • Racheal Ekoshoria · Nigerian weightlifter, born 1994
  • Racheal Ntono · Ugandan cricketer, born 1997
  • Racheal Njoroge · Kenyan IT professional, businesswoman and corporate executive

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.