Raquel

Where Raquel comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Raquel, from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rāḥēl). Doublet of Rachel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Raquel
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,723 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Raquel Welch born
    American actress
  3. 1970
    Peak, #215
    1,470 babies named Raquel — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    Raquel del Rosario born
    Spanish singer
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #444.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Raquel Welch · American actress, 1940–2023
  • Raquel del Rosario · Spanish singer, born 1982
  • Raquel Castro · American actress and singer, born 1994
  • Raquel Zimmermann · Brazilian model, born 1983
  • Raquel Cassidy · British actress, born 1969

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.