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Rachel
Pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.tʃəl/
Rank in 2024
#246
Born in 2024
1,285
Peak year
1985 · #13
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,285 girls were named Rachel, about 1 in every 1,255.
- It peaked in 1985 with 16,361 babies, ranked #13.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 572,695 girls have been named Rachel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Rachel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.1Silent1928–45
- 0.9Boomers1946–64
- 4.1Gen X1965–80
- 8.7Millennials1981–96
- 3.9Gen Z1997–12
- 1.0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 25,882 babies, 1.26 per 1,000. Silent: 22,565 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 32,505 babies, 0.91 per 1,000. Gen X: 105,940 babies, 4.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 246,584 babies, 8.73 per 1,000. Gen Z: 114,126 babies, 3.93 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 19,307 babies, 0.95 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Late Latin Rāchēl, from Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rāḫēl, “ewe”). Doublet of Raquel.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈɹeɪ.tʃəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Rachel, CC BY-SA 4.0.