Rachael
Rank in 2025
#4987
recorded as girls
Down 1,095 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
26
girls 26
Peak year
1987
2,833 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
82,650
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Rachael was most popular in 1987, when 2,833 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 26 babies were named Rachael, ranking #4987 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 51%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 4987 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 38 | 3892 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 57 | 2936 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 48 | 3313 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 52 | 3112 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 65 | 2597 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 80 | 2272 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 1787 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 116 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 163 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 185 | 1297 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 210 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 244 | 1021 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 296 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 321 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 410 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 491 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 658 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 834 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 814 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 797 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 845 | 369 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 971 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,041 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,304 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,389 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,654 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,744 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 2,039 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 2,485 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,606 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,553 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 2,746 | 117 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 2,745 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 2,915 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 3,028 | 111 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 2,833 | 109 | 16 | 3446 |
| 1988 | 2,831 | 100 | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | 2,833 | 98 | 17 | 2942 |
| 1986 | 2,699 | 103 | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | 2,761 | 100 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | 2,652 | 103 | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | 2,410 | 123 | 12 | 3411 |
| 1982 | 2,473 | 120 | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | 2,131 | 132 | 11 | 3601 |
| 1980 | 2,047 | 142 | 12 | 3430 |
| 1979 | 1,852 | 151 | 10 | 3810 |
| 1978 | 1,694 | 162 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 1,487 | 185 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 1,438 | 177 | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | 1,376 | 185 | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | 1,188 | 215 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 972 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 980 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 851 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 886 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 725 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 483 | 432 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 446 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 262 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 217 | 668 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 201 | 733 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 195 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 180 | 776 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 189 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 150 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 141 | 866 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 180 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 122 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 121 | 914 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 115 | 916 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 148 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 143 | 766 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 98 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 93 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 88 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 101 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 85 | 939 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 78 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 75 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 55 | 1048 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 69 | 925 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 61 | 1022 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 70 | 936 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 65 | 911 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 67 | 868 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 60 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 61 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 55 | 929 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 48 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 50 | 974 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 47 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 50 | 973 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 52 | 979 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 34 | 1243 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 65 | 894 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 57 | 951 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 67 | 896 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 86 | 783 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 92 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 83 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 96 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 103 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 115 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 144 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 119 | 662 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 118 | 637 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 139 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 145 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 160 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 96 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 67 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 60 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 59 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 43 | 659 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 45 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 21 | 890 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 23 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 21 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 28 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 23 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 24 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 32 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 19 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 44 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 22 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 19 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 18 | 735 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 19 | 728 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 26 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 21 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 16 | 739 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 19 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 17 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 16 | 641 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 18 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 13 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 14 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 8 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 9 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | 492 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years