Racheal
Racheal was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,520 among girls’ names; 10,520 Americans have been recorded with it since 1910 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,690 Americans named Racheal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 32 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Racheal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Racheal?
#14,520 among girls’ names, 2025
Racheal fell from #7,196 in 2015 to #14,520 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 9.5 to 3.7 per million.
388 babies in 1985, the peak
Racheal peaked in 1985, when 388 girls were given it, #518 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,520 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,758 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,197 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,946 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,975 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,171 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,497 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,530 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,938 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 17 | #7,196 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 29 | #4,870 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,447 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,360 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,707 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 57 | #3,001 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,636 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,476 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,141 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,201 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,068 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 92 | #2,013 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,609 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,505 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 128 | #1,472 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 157 | #1,249 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 189 | #1,067 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 157 | #1,187 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 197 | #990 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 239 | #837 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 266 | #763 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 291 | #714 | 0.16 |
| 1993 | 324 | #674 | 0.18 |
| 1992 | 333 | #667 | 0.18 |
| 1991 | 338 | #653 | 0.18 |
| 1990 | 354 | #636 | 0.19 |
| 1989 | 344 | #617 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 360 | #573 | 0.20 |
| 1987 | 349 | #569 | 0.20 |
| 1986 | 379 | #539 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 388 | #518 | 0.23 |
| 1984 | 345 | #548 | 0.20 |
| 1983 | 316 | #571 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 301 | #598 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 308 | #598 | 0.18 |
| 1980 | 284 | #644 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 238 | #712 | 0.15 |
| 1978 | 235 | #681 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 211 | #733 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 208 | #707 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 191 | #753 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 196 | #729 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 150 | #859 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 137 | #909 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 124 | #1,008 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,035 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 94 | #1,151 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 78 | #1,241 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,313 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,640 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,979 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,517 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,972 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,346 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,986 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,079 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,274 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,198 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,859 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,323 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,666 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,232 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,235 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,050 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,110 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,611 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,377 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,878 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,079 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,665 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,379 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,362 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,913 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,354 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,549 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,901 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,859 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,413 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,194 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #3,002 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,429 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,395 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,686 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,239 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,550 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,906 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,489 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,569 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,088 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,105 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,733 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,947 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,528 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,296 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,893 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,149 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,355 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Racheal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Racheal has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Racheal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Racheal, and how old are they?
9,690 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 10,520 Americans ever recorded as Racheal. The median Racheal alive today is 39 years old; half are between 32 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 9,384 people named Racheal (9,360 women and girls, 24 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,820 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 64 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 410 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,090 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 154 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Racheal born?
The states with the most babies named Racheal are Texas, California and Ohio, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 896 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 738 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 499 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 437 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 421 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 372 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 324 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 306 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Louisiana | 256 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 242 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Racheal is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Racheal is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Racheal with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 678,204 babies since 1880, Racheal is the third most given (1.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 1,287 babies (<1%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Racheal
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Racheal and names like it
- Compare Racheal and RachelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sRacheal peaked in 1985.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Racheal since 1910.
- The top names of 1985The year the most babies were named Racheal.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Racheal alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.