How Many People Are Named Rachel?
people named Rachel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 673 people in the US has this name
Based on 575,748 babies named Rachel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
16,437 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name רָחֵל (Rachel) meaning "ewe". In the Old Testament this is the name of the favourite wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. She was the younger sister of Jacob's first wife Leah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Rachel in English. Counting Rachel and these spellings together, about 626,121 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rachel (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rachel alive today is about 37 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rachel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1985, to 16,437 babies. In 2025, 1,225 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rachel reached #9 among girls' names in 1996, and was in the top 10 in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #250.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #250 |
| Best rank | #9 (1996) |
| Years in the top 10 | 1 |
| Years in the top 100 | 43 (1968 to 2010) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #15 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rachel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rachel were born in California than in any other state: about 49,804 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rachel was given 1.5 times as often in Maine, 1.4 times in Vermont and 1.3 times in Alaska.
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