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Rachal

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Rachal is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198659 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1925
1,323people given the name
Babies named Rachal, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,323 girls have been named Rachal in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 59 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Rachal
1920s5
1940s5
1950s17
1960s71
1970s292
1980s483
1990s360
2000s90

In 1986, its biggest year

Rachal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Rachal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.