Rachel — #246 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rachel

The Social Security Administration has registered 572,695 babies named Rachel between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rachel currently holds the #246 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 16,361 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 149,164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rachel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53,530 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rachel in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rachel 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 572,695 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.