Rachel
Rachel stands at #250 nationally in 2025, holding steady. On the books since 1880, peaking in 1985: 573,957 American children so far.
What Rachel carries
Rachel · Hebrew
“ewe”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Rachel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Rachel, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Rachel since 1880
Rachel peaked in 1985 at #13; #250 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Rachel is most common
The state that gives Rachel most often, per girls born there, is New York (0.4% in 2025); New Jersey and Montana are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Rachel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ana
#245 in 2025 · Hebrew
Sara
#198 in 2025 · Hebrew
Molly
#196 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jesse
#184 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jordan
#131 in 2025 · Hebrew
Adam
#101 in 2025 · Hebrew
Sarah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Rachel
Where does Rachel rank right now?
Rachel stands at #250 nationally in 2025, holding steady. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Rachel mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “ewe”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Rachel?
Ana, Sara and Molly sit nearest to Rachel on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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