Lachel — girls' name
10 babies named Lachel in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Lachel was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Lachel in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lachel
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Lachel between 1966 and 1989, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lachel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lachel performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lachel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lachel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lachel at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lachel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1966
- Peak year (1966)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
10 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 5 births in a single year.
Lachel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Lachel's all-time total
Lachel decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lachel's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.