Rachel
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning ewe; a female sheep.
How Rachel has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #167 |
| 2016 | #172 |
| 2017 | #192 |
| 2018 | #198 |
| 2019 | #190 |
| 2020 | #225 |
| 2021 | #239 |
| 2022 | #244 |
| 2023 | #255 |
| 2024 | #247 |
| 2025 | #250 |
Rachel by the numbers
In 2025, 106 babies in England and Wales were named Rachel. In the US, 1,591 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 16,358 babies in 1985, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1985, about 1 in 110 American girls born that year was called Rachel.
Names that come from Rachel
Forms of Rachel in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rachel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rachaelewe; female sheep; form of Rachel116 in the US (2017)
- Rochelewe, lamb; variant of Rachel94 in the US (2017)
- Rachellewe, lamb; a form of Rachel22 in the US (2017)
- Ruchelewe or lamb; variant of rachel15 in the US (2017)
- Rechelewe, female sheep; variant of Rachel13 in the US (2017)
- Rashelewe or lamb; a form of rachel12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Rachel
Names that are said the same way as Rachel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Rachel
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