Rachyl — girls' name
191 babies named Rachyl in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Rachyl was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Rachyl in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rachyl
The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Rachyl between 1987 and 2008, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rachyl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachyl performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rachyl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rachyl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rachyl 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 191 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.
Rachyl at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rachyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1987
- Peak year (1994)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
191 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 16 births in a single year.
Rachyl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 111 births that decade — 58% of Rachyl's all-time total
Rachyl decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rachyl's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Rachyl by state
Where Rachyl concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 191 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2008 (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.