Rachal — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rachal

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,323 babies named Rachal between 1925 and 2008, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rachal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 483 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rachal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rachal in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rachal 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 1,323 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.