Rachael is a familiar variant of Rachel that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Rachael is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,066 for girl births in the United States (and #8,785 across all names), given to 26 babies. Rachael was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1990 (3,028 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | #5,066 | — |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | #3,947 | — |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | #2,967 | — |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | #3,357 | — |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | #3,149 | — |
| 2020 | 65 | 65 | #2,623 | — |
| 2019 | 80 | 80 | #2,283 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 114 | #1,795 | — |
| 2017 | 116 | 116 | #1,798 | — |
| 2016 | 163 | 163 | #1,424 | — |
| 2015 | 185 | 185 | #1,300 | — |
| 2014 | 210 | 210 | #1,172 | — |
| 2013 | 244 | 244 | #1,024 | — |
| 2012 | 296 | 296 | #895 | — |
| 2011 | 321 | 321 | #826 | — |
| 2010 | 410 | 410 | #698 | — |
| 2009 | 491 | 491 | #616 | — |
| 2008 | 658 | 658 | #481 | — |
| 2007 | 834 | 834 | #393 | — |
| 2006 | 814 | 814 | #393 | — |
| 2005 | 797 | 797 | #392 | — |
| 2004 | 851 | 851 | #369 | #11,006 |
| 2003 | 971 | 971 | #320 | — |
| 2002 | 1,041 | 1,041 | #300 | — |
| 2001 | 1,304 | 1,304 | #244 | — |
| 2000 | 1,389 | 1,389 | #228 | — |
| 1999 | 1,654 | 1,654 | #187 | — |
| 1998 | 1,744 | 1,744 | #170 | — |
| 1997 | 2,039 | — | #154 | — |
| 1996 | 2,485 | — | #128 | — |
| 1995 | 2,606 | — | #120 | — |
| 1994 | 2,553 | — | #124 | — |
| 1993 | 2,751 | — | #117 | #9,816 |
| 1992 | 2,745 | — | #123 | — |
| 1991 | 2,915 | — | #114 | — |
| 1990 | 3,035 | — | #111 | #6,982 |
| 1989 | 2,849 | — | #109 | #3,579 |
| 1988 | 2,840 | — | #100 | #5,116 |
| 1987 | 2,850 | — | #98 | #3,044 |
| 1986 | 2,710 | — | #103 | #4,061 |
| 1985 | 2,768 | — | #100 | #5,601 |
| 1984 | 2,661 | — | #103 | #4,462 |
| 1983 | 2,422 | — | #123 | #3,570 |
| 1982 | 2,487 | — | #120 | #3,246 |
| 1981 | 2,142 | — | #132 | #3,796 |
| 1980 | 2,059 | — | #142 | #3,566 |
| 1979 | 1,862 | — | #152 | #4,010 |
| 1978 | 1,700 | — | #162 | #5,596 |
| 1977 | 1,492 | — | #185 | #6,612 |
| 1976 | 1,444 | — | #177 | #5,442 |
| 1975 | 1,383 | — | #185 | #4,665 |
| 1974 | 1,193 | — | #215 | #5,805 |
| 1973 | 972 | — | #258 | — |
| 1972 | 980 | — | #269 | — |
| 1971 | 851 | — | #312 | — |
| 1970 | 886 | — | #313 | — |
| 1969 | 725 | — | #333 | — |
| 1968 | 489 | — | #433 | #4,023 |
| 1967 | 446 | — | #448 | — |
| 1966 | 262 | — | #584 | — |
| 1965 | 217 | — | #668 | — |
| 1964 | 201 | — | #734 | — |
| 1963 | 195 | — | #736 | — |
| 1962 | 180 | — | #779 | — |
| 1961 | 189 | — | #757 | — |
| 1960 | 150 | — | #850 | — |
| 1959 | 141 | — | #870 | — |
| 1958 | 180 | — | #744 | — |
| 1957 | 122 | — | #935 | — |
| 1956 | 121 | — | #921 | — |
| 1955 | 115 | — | #920 | — |
| 1954 | 148 | — | #771 | — |
| 1953 | 143 | — | #766 | — |
| 1952 | 98 | — | #944 | — |
| 1951 | 93 | — | #966 | — |
| 1950 | 88 | — | #969 | — |
| 1949 | 101 | — | #875 | — |
| 1948 | 85 | — | #946 | — |
| 1947 | 78 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1946 | 75 | — | #968 | — |
| 1945 | 55 | — | #1,057 | — |
| 1944 | 69 | — | #933 | — |
| 1943 | 61 | — | #1,026 | — |
| 1942 | 70 | — | #944 | — |
| 1941 | 65 | — | #915 | — |
| 1940 | 67 | — | #875 | — |
| 1939 | 60 | — | #916 | — |
| 1938 | 61 | — | #910 | — |
| 1937 | 55 | — | #938 | — |
| 1936 | 48 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1935 | 50 | — | #981 | — |
| 1934 | 47 | — | #1,017 | — |
| 1933 | 50 | — | #983 | — |
| 1932 | 52 | — | #988 | — |
| 1931 | 34 | — | #1,255 | — |
| 1930 | 65 | — | #907 | — |
| 1929 | 57 | — | #958 | — |
| 1928 | 67 | — | #901 | — |
| 1927 | 86 | — | #785 | — |
| 1926 | 92 | — | #755 | — |
| 1925 | 83 | — | #818 | — |
| 1924 | 96 | — | #764 | — |
| 1923 | 103 | — | #720 | — |
| 1922 | 115 | — | #681 | — |
| 1921 | 144 | — | #607 | — |
| 1920 | 119 | — | #664 | — |
| 1919 | 118 | — | #640 | — |
| 1918 | 139 | — | #605 | — |
| 1917 | 145 | — | #564 | — |
| 1916 | 160 | — | #517 | — |
| 1915 | 96 | — | #672 | — |
| 1914 | 67 | — | #709 | — |
| 1913 | 60 | — | #672 | — |
| 1912 | 59 | — | #657 | — |
| 1911 | 43 | — | #664 | — |
| 1910 | 45 | — | #634 | — |
| 1909 | 21 | — | #902 | — |
| 1908 | 23 | — | #824 | — |
| 1907 | 21 | — | #831 | — |
| 1906 | 28 | — | #698 | — |
| 1905 | 23 | — | #774 | — |
| 1904 | 24 | — | #723 | — |
| 1903 | 32 | — | #587 | — |
| 1902 | 19 | — | #815 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | — | #762 | — |
| 1900 | 44 | — | #513 | — |
| 1899 | 22 | — | #676 | — |
| 1898 | 19 | — | #786 | — |
| 1897 | 18 | — | #757 | — |
| 1896 | 19 | — | #748 | — |
| 1895 | 26 | — | #603 | — |
| 1894 | 21 | — | #659 | — |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #761 | — |
| 1892 | 19 | — | #679 | — |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #660 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #1,080 | — |
| 1889 | 16 | — | #655 | — |
| 1888 | 18 | — | #607 | — |
| 1887 | 13 | — | #655 | — |
| 1886 | 14 | — | #630 | — |
| 1885 | 8 | — | #834 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #910 | — |
| 1883 | 9 | — | #683 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #726 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | — | #667 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | — | #514 | — |