Rachael
Rachael is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. Its best rank was 98th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 380.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19903,028 births
- Best rank
- #98in 1987
- Since 1880
- 82,440people given the name
The story in the numbers
82,440 girls have been named Rachael in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 3,028 births — 0.16% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 38 births in 2024, against 3,028 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 31%. It has spent 127 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 3 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rachael | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 113 | |
| 1890s | 185 | |
| 1900s | 254 | |
| 1910s | 932 | |
| 1920s | 962 | |
| 1930s | 522 | |
| 1940s | 726 | |
| 1950s | 1,249 | |
| 1960s | 3,049 | |
| 1970s | 12,723 | |
| 1980s | 25,670 | |
| 1990s | 24,514 | |
| 2000s | 9,144 | |
| 2010s | 2,138 | |
| 2020s | 259 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Rachael was the 111th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Rachael
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rachealpeak 1985
- Aleshapeak 1990
- Lashapeak 1991
- Daniellepeak 1987
- Cameopeak 1992
- Cristinapeak 1990
- Erikapeak 1990
- Monishapeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.