How Many People Are Named Rachael?
people named Rachael are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,447 people in the US has this name
Based on 82,650 babies named Rachael in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
3,035 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of RACHEL, the spelling probably influenced by that of Michael.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Rachael in English. Counting Rachael and these spellings together, about 626,121 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rachael (99.8%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Rachael alive today is about 37 years old, and 72% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 44 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Rachael first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1990, to 3,035 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Rachael never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #98, in 1987, and it was in the top 100 in 3 years between 1985 and 1988. In 2025 it ranked #5,065.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,065 |
| Best rank | #98 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (1985 to 1988) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #113 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Rachael alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rachael were born in California than in any other state: about 6,714 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rachael was given 1.6 times as often in Alaska, 1.6 times in Idaho and 1.5 times in Oregon.
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