Rashelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rashelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,368 babies named Rashelle between 1955 and 2019, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 405 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rashelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashelle in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rashelle 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 1,368 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.