Rachel Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Rachel: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 573,957 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

573,957

Peak year

1985 #13

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-20.7%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	2,664	#116
2012	2,420	#130
2013	2,325	#137
2014	2,090	#155
2015	1,941	#167
2016	1,884	#171
2017	1,622	#191
2018	1,558	#198
2019	1,548	#191
2020	1,305	#226
2021	1,271	#239
2022	1,263	#240
2023	1,224	#254
2024	1,292	#246
2025	1,225	#250

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1985

1,527

1,214

945

896

801

786

Names from the same era

Nicole · 1985 Christina · 1985 Vanessa · 1985 Jenna · 1985 Kristina · 1985 Meghan · 1985 Krystal · 1985 Nichole · 1985 Cara · 1985 Dominique · 1985

Names similar to Rachel

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