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Rachel

Pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.tʃəl/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1989 · #993
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:1,285 in 2024 (#246)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Rachel in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1989 with 106 babies, ranked #993.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1899.
  • 1,791 boys 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.

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Greatest: 100 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 166 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 105 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 409 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 806 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 185 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10 babies, 0.00 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.