Rachel
Rank in 2025
#250
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,225
girls 1,225
Peak year
1985
16,360 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
575,748
since 1880
Born a Rachel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Rachel was most popular in 1985, when 16,360 babies recorded as girls got the name (9.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,225 babies were named Rachel, ranking #250 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,225 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,292 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,224 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,263 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,271 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,305 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,548 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,558 | 198 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 1,622 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,884 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,941 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,090 | 155 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 2,325 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,420 | 130 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | 2,664 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 3,024 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 3,589 | 89 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 4,087 | 74 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 4,841 | 59 | 7 | 9788 |
| 2006 | 5,551 | 48 | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | 6,226 | 38 | 13 | 5875 |
| 2004 | 6,923 | 34 | 34 | 2953 |
| 2003 | 7,997 | 28 | 14 | 5271 |
| 2002 | 8,944 | 24 | 15 | 4919 |
| 2001 | 9,556 | 24 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 10,687 | 21 | 12 | 5588 |
| 1999 | 11,632 | 19 | 17 | 4162 |
| 1998 | 12,209 | 15 | 18 | 3849 |
| 1997 | 13,798 | 13 | 23 | 3160 |
| 1996 | 16,121 | 9 | 25 | 2911 |
| 1995 | 16,047 | 12 | 28 | 2626 |
| 1994 | 15,492 | 13 | 25 | 2847 |
| 1993 | 15,974 | 14 | 26 | 2697 |
| 1992 | 15,840 | 16 | 26 | 2670 |
| 1991 | 16,344 | 14 | 32 | 2227 |
| 1990 | 15,710 | 16 | 40 | 1909 |
| 1989 | 15,357 | 18 | 106 | 993 |
| 1988 | 15,348 | 19 | 62 | 1307 |
| 1987 | 15,646 | 17 | 63 | 1218 |
| 1986 | 15,455 | 15 | 56 | 1299 |
| 1985 | 16,360 | 13 | 77 | 1050 |
| 1984 | 15,839 | 15 | 83 | 976 |
| 1983 | 14,591 | 20 | 43 | 1448 |
| 1982 | 13,871 | 21 | 64 | 1140 |
| 1981 | 12,590 | 22 | 50 | 1309 |
| 1980 | 11,618 | 23 | 57 | 1214 |
| 1979 | 10,230 | 27 | 41 | 1464 |
| 1978 | 9,802 | 25 | 38 | 1508 |
| 1977 | 8,976 | 26 | 38 | 1490 |
| 1976 | 8,453 | 23 | 28 | 1781 |
| 1975 | 8,225 | 26 | 23 | 2001 |
| 1974 | 7,399 | 36 | 35 | 1471 |
| 1973 | 6,103 | 42 | 21 | 1982 |
| 1972 | 6,417 | 40 | 15 | 2418 |
| 1971 | 6,115 | 54 | 32 | 1526 |
| 1970 | 6,029 | 58 | 20 | 1989 |
| 1969 | 5,242 | 69 | 18 | 1977 |
| 1968 | 3,727 | 92 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 3,312 | 105 | 12 | 2352 |
| 1966 | 2,277 | 154 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 2,011 | 175 | 12 | 2366 |
| 1964 | 2,261 | 173 | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | 2,178 | 179 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 1,941 | 194 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 2,054 | 186 | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | 1,792 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 1,744 | 201 | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | 1,663 | 201 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 1,821 | 194 | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | 1,672 | 197 | 9 | 2798 |
| 1955 | 1,802 | 185 | 13 | 2219 |
| 1954 | 1,805 | 182 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 1,780 | 175 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 1,599 | 185 | 11 | 2376 |
| 1951 | 1,435 | 202 | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | 1,454 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,437 | 191 | 6 | 3298 |
| 1948 | 1,388 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,447 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,234 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 1,207 | 174 | 7 | 2743 |
| 1944 | 1,250 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 1,371 | 170 | 8 | 2732 |
| 1942 | 1,427 | 163 | 10 | 2386 |
| 1941 | 1,384 | 159 | 17 | 1685 |
| 1940 | 1,264 | 166 | 7 | 2871 |
| 1939 | 1,345 | 160 | 9 | 2449 |
| 1938 | 1,279 | 165 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | 1,229 | 163 | 12 | 2088 |
| 1936 | 1,208 | 163 | 17 | 1639 |
| 1935 | 1,198 | 164 | 11 | 2246 |
| 1934 | 1,181 | 163 | 13 | 2022 |
| 1933 | 1,142 | 161 | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | 1,254 | 156 | 11 | 2313 |
| 1931 | 1,171 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 1,261 | 164 | 6 | 3592 |
| 1929 | 1,214 | 167 | 11 | 2452 |
| 1928 | 1,180 | 177 | 8 | 3076 |
| 1927 | 1,286 | 169 | 7 | 3451 |
| 1926 | 1,389 | 164 | 8 | 3139 |
| 1925 | 1,439 | 165 | 8 | 3155 |
| 1924 | 1,600 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 1,483 | 160 | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | 1,541 | 154 | 10 | 2801 |
| 1921 | 1,583 | 152 | 10 | 2804 |
| 1920 | 1,484 | 156 | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | 1,488 | 149 | 8 | 3115 |
| 1918 | 1,542 | 148 | 6 | 3728 |
| 1917 | 1,339 | 157 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 1,328 | 153 | 8 | 2926 |
| 1915 | 1,205 | 156 | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | 975 | 151 | 5 | 3264 |
| 1913 | 827 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 703 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 537 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 538 | 150 | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | 462 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 425 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 420 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 366 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 421 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 356 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 383 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 393 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 369 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 379 | 153 | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | 324 | 145 | 5 | 1051 |
| 1898 | 367 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 297 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 348 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 351 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 317 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 321 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 369 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 267 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 318 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 266 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 281 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 226 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 213 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 212 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 230 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 174 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 203 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 157 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 166 | 109 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years