Rachelle — #3216 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rachelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,882 babies named Rachelle between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rachelle currently holds the #3216 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 997 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 9,029 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rachelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,516 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rachelle in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rachelle 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 33,882 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.