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Raquel

Pronounced /ɹɑːˈkɛl/

Rank in 2024
#1,068
Born in 2024
232
Peak year
1970 · #215
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 232 girls were named Raquel, about 1 in every 6,953.
  • It peaked in 1970 with 1,470 babies, ranked #215.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1900.
  • 50,483 girls have been named Raquel since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.6
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 441 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 1,443 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,061 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,574 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Millennials: 17,004 babies, 0.60 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,168 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,786 babies, 0.19 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Spanish Raquel, from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rāḥēl). Doublet of Rachel.

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ɹɑːˈkɛl/

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

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyCooling

    Rachel

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

    Racquel

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