Rachell
Rachell was given to 30 girls in 2025, #4,636 among girls’ names; 3,976 Americans have been recorded with it since 1915 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,660 Americans named Rachell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 25 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rachell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rachell?
#4,636 among girls’ names, 2025
Rachell rose from #4,692 in 2015 to #4,636 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 16.8 to 18.7 per million.
99 babies in 1982, the peak
Rachell peaked in 1982, when 99 girls were given it, #1,289 among girls’ names. The 30 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,636 | 18.7 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,500 | 27.8 |
| 2023 | 37 | #4,024 | 23.1 |
| 2022 | 20 | #6,157 | 12.2 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,403 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,859 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,872 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,958 | 12.3 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,777 | 12.7 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,939 | 12.4 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #4,692 | 16.8 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,997 | 15.7 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,515 | 18.2 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,361 | 19.3 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,544 | 18.2 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,558 | 25.3 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,454 | 18.5 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,633 | 23.8 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,457 | 25.0 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,879 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,777 | 32.5 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,212 | 26.1 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,731 | 31.7 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,697 | 31.7 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,276 | 39.4 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,267 | 38.0 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,300 | 36.6 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,998 | 24.3 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,382 | 32.2 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,657 | 26.8 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,442 | 30.1 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,134 | 35.8 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,104 | 35.9 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,755 | 45.6 |
| 1991 | 93 | #1,616 | 49.6 |
| 1990 | 67 | #2,016 | 35.3 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,579 | 48.3 |
| 1988 | 96 | #1,442 | 53.9 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,562 | 46.6 |
| 1986 | 94 | #1,376 | 54.8 |
| 1985 | 98 | #1,345 | 56.9 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,529 | 44.5 |
| 1983 | 91 | #1,325 | 54.5 |
| 1982 | 99 | #1,289 | 58.5 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,470 | 49.8 |
| 1980 | 80 | #1,499 | 48.2 |
| 1979 | 85 | #1,439 | 53.0 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,417 | 53.5 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,536 | 46.3 |
| 1976 | 75 | #1,417 | 51.2 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,556 | 44.6 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,411 | 49.7 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,703 | 36.3 |
| 1972 | 70 | #1,412 | 46.0 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,439 | 43.9 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,541 | 36.6 |
| 1969 | 67 | #1,435 | 39.7 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,554 | 33.5 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,611 | 30.3 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,440 | 14.8 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,193 | 17.0 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,646 | 12.1 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,238 | 15.0 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,979 | 17.8 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,987 | 17.3 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,357 | 12.9 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,443 | 11.4 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,643 | 9.9 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,151 | 13.2 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,795 | 9.0 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,454 | 10.7 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,675 | 9.3 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,490 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,162 | 7.0 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,291 | 4.4 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,747 | 8.8 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,134 | 7.0 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,843 | 2.9 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,261 | 4.5 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,833 | 3.8 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,101 | 5.0 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,496 | 6.6 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,886 | 4.4 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,238 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,723 | 6.6 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,327 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,678 | 6.7 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,828 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,511 | 7.5 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,839 | 4.7 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,802 | 6.7 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,958 | 6.6 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,110 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,596 | 7.5 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,902 | 5.0 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,364 | 5.7 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,061 | 9.2 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,414 | 4.4 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,788 | 6.9 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,997 | 4.8 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,369 | 8.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rachell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rachell has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 101 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rachell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rachell, and how old are they?
3,660 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 3,976 Americans ever recorded as Rachell. The median Rachell alive today is 39 years old; half are between 25 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 3,184 people named Rachell (3,178 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,574 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 20 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 291 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 950 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,240 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 817 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 338 |
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 Rachell born?
The states with the most babies named Rachell are California, Texas and New York, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 509 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 249 | #2,859 | 0.8× |
| New York | 130 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 109 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 63 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 56 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Rachell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rachell is most over-represented in California: since 1915 it was given 1.1 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 Rachell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Rachell?
Rachell is a less common spelling of Rachel: SSA has recorded 3,976 Rachell and 575,748 Rachel since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 678,204 babies since 1880, Rachell is the fourth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 30 of their 1,287 babies (2.3%), the second 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 Rachell
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 Rachell and names like it
- Compare Rachell and RachelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sRachell peaked in 1982.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rachell since 1910.
- The top names of 1982The year the most babies were named Rachell.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rachell alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.