Rachell

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births

Peak · girls
1982 · 99 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,976
since 1915

Rachell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rachell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #1,284, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,54630
2024#3,45945
2023#3,98437
2022#5,98420
2021#8,97811
2020#7,55914
2019#4,77328
2018#5,78521
2017#5,66122
2016#5,79622
2015#4,58430
2014#4,89228
2013#4,42232
2012#4,29634
2011#4,46632
2010#3,51645
2009#4,37034
2008#3,58445
2007#3,42848
2006#2,85061
2005#2,75660
2004#3,18048
2003#2,70758
2002#2,67357
2001#2,25971
2000#2,25869
1999#2,28365
1998#2,97343
1997#2,36056
1996#2,63047
1995#2,42153
1994#2,12464
1993#2,09065
1992#1,75584
1991#1,61993
1990#2,01167
1989#1,57489
1988#1,43996
1987#1,55381
1986#1,36794
1985#1,33998
1984#1,51175
1983#1,31991
1982#1,28499
1981#1,45583
1980#1,49480
1979#1,43185
1978#1,41282
1977#1,52671
1976#1,40675
1975#1,54465
1974#1,39973
1973#1,69053
1972#1,40470
1971#1,42773
1970#1,52664
1969#1,42367
1968#1,53955
1967#1,59850
1966#2,40725
1965#2,15430
1964#2,60023
1963#2,21129
1962#1,94735
1961#1,95535
1960#2,30726
1959#2,39523
1958#2,58120
1957#2,12127
1956#2,72518
1955#2,41121
1954#2,59218
1953#2,43119
1952#3,04013
1951#4,0118
1950#2,65215
1949#2,99912
1948#5,2435
1947#4,0078
1946#4,4176
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1943#3,8017
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1941#3,2528
1940#4,3495
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1938#3,8476
1937#3,4347
1936#3,1038
1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865
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1932#3,2748
1931#4,3315
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1927#3,5618
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1925#3,6648
1924#2,97311
1923#3,3509
1922#4,4456
1921#4,0237
1920#2,89911
1919#4,8145
1918#3,5128
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1916#4,4175
1915#3,1348
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Rachell! It came in at #3,134, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rachell is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNHWashington: #645 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,064 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #972 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,917 girlsMINew York: #1,282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,132 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedINOhio: #934 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,015 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,067 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,208 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #795 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,851 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedHITexas: #1,500 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,518 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rachell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#645 · 1 in 5,064
  2. Louisiana#795 · 1 in 5,851
  3. Ohio#934 · 1 in 12,015
  4. Michigan#972 · 1 in 11,917
  5. California#1,067 · 1 in 10,208

Best ever in a state: #450 in Oregon, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#64551 in 5,064
Louisiana#79551 in 5,851
Ohio#93461 in 12,015
Michigan#97251 in 11,917
California#1,067161 in 10,208
New York#1,28271 in 14,132
Texas#1,50061 in 18,518
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rachell
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,087 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #4,546)
  • 3,013 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #4,546)
  • 38 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #4,546)
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,284 (99 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,104
  • Highest: 1 in 17,104 girls born in 1982 were named Rachell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Rachell (886) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s26#3,134 (1915)#3,969
1920s60#2,899 (1920)#3,559
1930s46#3,103 (1936)#3,672
1940s51#2,999 (1949)#4,010
1950s182#2,121 (1957)#2,696
1960s375#1,423 (1969)#2,014
1970s711#1,399 (1974)#1,477
1980s886#1,284 (1982)#1,434
1990s637#1,619 (1991)#2,227
2000s551#2,258 (2000)#3,007
2010s294#3,516 (2010)#4,819
2020s157#3,459 (2024)#5,752

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.

Rachell in 1979

girls
#1,431
85 births · 1 in 18,886 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,431Rachell85
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 18,886 of them was named Rachell, which outranked 88.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rachell
  1. #1,420Maira86
  2. #1,420Reanna86
  3. #1,420Viola86
  4. #1,431Rachell85
  5. #1,431Danika85
  6. #1,431Dee85
  7. #1,431Denice85
  8. #1,442Aleshia84
  9. #1,442Brynn84
  10. #1,442Deandra84

Tied with 10 names at #1,431; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →