Girls' name · since 1910
Racheal
Racheal has 10,520 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,286 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,520
- born since 1910
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Racheal is the #13286 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,520 recorded since 1910.
Racheal has 10,520 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13286 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #1,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,286 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,520 born since 1910
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Racheal ranks #1,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,286 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,520 born since 1910, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,286 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,520
- born since 1910
- 1980s
- peak decade
Racheal's 10,520 recorded births place it above 97.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Racheal compares
10,520 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Racheal's all-time total is 28x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Racheal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,520 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 388 | 21 | 19,840 |
Racheal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Racheal splits its recorded history at 1968: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 388 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Racheal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 388
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Racheal by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (3,374 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Racheal's strongest decade.
3,374 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Racheal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 132
1910s
132 births
- 1920s 158
1920s
158 births
- 1930s 107
1930s
107 births
- 1940s 153
1940s
153 births
- 1950s 289
1950s
289 births
- 1960s 478
1960s
478 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,810 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,374 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,688 births
- 2000s 1,043
2000s
1,043 births
- 2010s 258
2010s
258 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 3,374 births (32% of all-time use).
How Racheal compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Racheal's total volume
Racheal by state
Where Racheal concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 896 | 8.5% |
| #2 | California | | 738 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 499 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 437 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 421 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 372 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 324 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 306 | 2.9% |
896 of 10,520 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Racheal appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Racheal's data
- Racheal's decade-level peak was the 1980s (3,374 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Racheals (896 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Racheal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~115 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Racheal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.