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Rachael

Rank in 2024
#3,889
Born in 2024
38
Peak year
1990 · #111
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 38 girls were named Rachael, about 1 in every 42,452.
  • It peaked in 1990 with 3,028 babies, ranked #111.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 82,440 girls have been named Rachael since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Rachael per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.7
    Gen X
  5. 1.5
    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,980 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 1,033 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,503 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 16,904 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Millennials: 42,700 babies, 1.51 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,607 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,371 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from Hebrew, a spelling variant of Rachel first recorded in the 17th century.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Rachael, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Rachel

    Rank
    #246
    Born '24
    1,285
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19852024
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    Rochel

    Rank
    #1,689
    Born '24
    120
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20192024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Rachell

    Rank
    #3,459
    Born '24
    45
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19822024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Raychel

    Rank
    #11,305
    Born '24
    8
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19952024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Racquel

    Rank
    #13,846
    Born '24
    6
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19702024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Racheal

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19852024