Rachiel — girls' name
44 babies named Rachiel in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Rachiel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Rachiel in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rachiel
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Rachiel between 1953 and 1992, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rachiel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachiel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rachiel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rachiel 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 44 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.
Rachiel at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rachiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1953
- Peak year (1953)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
44 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 8 births in a single year.
Rachiel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 13 births that decade — 30% of Rachiel's all-time total
Rachiel decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rachiel's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.