Rachel remains a common girls' name (#250 in 2025), down from a peak of #9 in 1996.
Rachel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #250 for girl births in the United States (and #535 across all names), given to 1,225 babies. Rachel was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1985 (16,360 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,225 | 1,225 | #250 | — |
| 2024 | 1,292 | 1,292 | #246 | — |
| 2023 | 1,224 | 1,224 | #254 | — |
| 2022 | 1,263 | 1,263 | #240 | — |
| 2021 | 1,271 | 1,271 | #239 | — |
| 2020 | 1,305 | 1,305 | #226 | — |
| 2019 | 1,548 | 1,548 | #191 | — |
| 2018 | 1,563 | 1,563 | #198 | #13,643 |
| 2017 | 1,622 | 1,627 | #191 | — |
| 2016 | 1,884 | 1,884 | #171 | — |
| 2015 | 1,941 | 1,941 | #167 | — |
| 2014 | 2,095 | 2,100 | #155 | #13,569 |
| 2013 | 2,325 | 2,325 | #137 | — |
| 2012 | 2,427 | 2,442 | #130 | #10,497 |
| 2011 | 2,664 | 2,671 | #116 | — |
| 2010 | 3,024 | 3,030 | #99 | — |
| 2009 | 3,594 | 3,607 | #89 | #14,005 |
| 2008 | 4,092 | 4,102 | #74 | #14,119 |
| 2007 | 4,848 | 4,859 | #59 | #10,625 |
| 2006 | 5,558 | 5,567 | #48 | #10,389 |
| 2005 | 6,239 | 6,254 | #38 | #6,133 |
| 2004 | 6,957 | 6,973 | #34 | #3,001 |
| 2003 | 8,011 | 8,032 | #28 | #5,482 |
| 2002 | 8,959 | 8,977 | #24 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 9,564 | 9,577 | #24 | #8,129 |
| 2000 | 10,699 | 10,726 | #21 | #5,828 |
| 1999 | 11,649 | 11,677 | #19 | #4,292 |
| 1998 | 12,227 | 12,249 | #15 | #3,968 |
| 1997 | 13,821 | — | #13 | #3,244 |
| 1996 | 16,146 | — | #9 | #3,002 |
| 1995 | 16,075 | — | #12 | #2,671 |
| 1994 | 15,517 | — | #13 | #2,921 |
| 1993 | 16,000 | — | #14 | #2,760 |
| 1992 | 15,866 | — | #16 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 16,376 | — | #14 | #2,282 |
| 1990 | 15,750 | — | #16 | #1,932 |
| 1989 | 15,463 | — | #18 | #996 |
| 1988 | 15,410 | — | #19 | #1,317 |
| 1987 | 15,709 | — | #17 | #1,229 |
| 1986 | 15,511 | — | #15 | #1,315 |
| 1985 | 16,437 | — | #13 | #1,054 |
| 1984 | 15,922 | — | #15 | #981 |
| 1983 | 14,634 | — | #20 | #1,466 |
| 1982 | 13,935 | — | #21 | #1,144 |
| 1981 | 12,640 | — | #22 | #1,324 |
| 1980 | 11,675 | — | #23 | #1,223 |
| 1979 | 10,271 | — | #27 | #1,484 |
| 1978 | 9,840 | — | #25 | #1,529 |
| 1977 | 9,014 | — | #26 | #1,505 |
| 1976 | 8,481 | — | #23 | #1,815 |
| 1975 | 8,248 | — | #26 | #2,049 |
| 1974 | 7,434 | — | #36 | #1,493 |
| 1973 | 6,124 | — | #42 | #2,020 |
| 1972 | 6,432 | — | #40 | #2,509 |
| 1971 | 6,147 | — | #54 | #1,551 |
| 1970 | 6,049 | — | #58 | #2,041 |
| 1969 | 5,260 | — | #69 | #2,033 |
| 1968 | 3,738 | — | #92 | #2,692 |
| 1967 | 3,324 | — | #105 | #2,444 |
| 1966 | 2,285 | — | #154 | #3,182 |
| 1965 | 2,023 | — | #175 | #2,439 |
| 1964 | 2,267 | — | #173 | #3,933 |
| 1963 | 2,183 | — | #179 | #4,482 |
| 1962 | 1,948 | — | #194 | #3,552 |
| 1961 | 2,061 | — | #186 | #3,588 |
| 1960 | 1,792 | — | #198 | — |
| 1959 | 1,751 | — | #201 | #3,521 |
| 1958 | 1,669 | — | #201 | #3,842 |
| 1957 | 1,828 | — | #194 | #3,485 |
| 1956 | 1,681 | — | #197 | #2,919 |
| 1955 | 1,815 | — | #185 | #2,289 |
| 1954 | 1,810 | — | #182 | #4,239 |
| 1953 | 1,789 | — | #175 | #2,860 |
| 1952 | 1,610 | — | #185 | #2,474 |
| 1951 | 1,442 | — | #202 | #3,292 |
| 1950 | 1,454 | — | #189 | — |
| 1949 | 1,443 | — | #191 | #3,618 |
| 1948 | 1,388 | — | #195 | — |
| 1947 | 1,447 | — | #190 | — |
| 1946 | 1,234 | — | #196 | — |
| 1945 | 1,214 | — | #174 | #2,936 |
| 1944 | 1,250 | — | #172 | — |
| 1943 | 1,379 | — | #170 | #2,917 |
| 1942 | 1,437 | — | #163 | #2,494 |
| 1941 | 1,401 | — | #159 | #1,740 |
| 1940 | 1,271 | — | #166 | #3,068 |
| 1939 | 1,354 | — | #160 | #2,580 |
| 1938 | 1,288 | — | #165 | #2,608 |
| 1937 | 1,241 | — | #163 | #2,172 |
| 1936 | 1,225 | — | #163 | #1,713 |
| 1935 | 1,209 | — | #164 | #2,363 |
| 1934 | 1,194 | — | #163 | #2,097 |
| 1933 | 1,152 | — | #161 | #2,506 |
| 1932 | 1,265 | — | #156 | #2,438 |
| 1931 | 1,171 | — | #161 | — |
| 1930 | 1,267 | — | #164 | #3,909 |
| 1929 | 1,225 | — | #167 | #2,563 |
| 1928 | 1,188 | — | #177 | #3,302 |
| 1927 | 1,293 | — | #169 | #3,704 |
| 1926 | 1,397 | — | #165 | #3,320 |
| 1925 | 1,447 | — | #165 | #3,332 |
| 1924 | 1,600 | — | #157 | — |
| 1923 | 1,488 | — | #160 | #4,750 |
| 1922 | 1,551 | — | #154 | #2,959 |
| 1921 | 1,593 | — | #152 | #2,939 |
| 1920 | 1,492 | — | #156 | #3,428 |
| 1919 | 1,496 | — | #150 | #3,321 |
| 1918 | 1,548 | — | #148 | #4,073 |
| 1917 | 1,344 | — | #157 | #4,445 |
| 1916 | 1,336 | — | #153 | #3,129 |
| 1915 | 1,212 | — | #156 | #3,326 |
| 1914 | 980 | — | #151 | #3,639 |
| 1913 | 827 | — | #145 | — |
| 1912 | 703 | — | #151 | — |
| 1911 | 537 | — | #150 | — |
| 1910 | 543 | — | #151 | #1,789 |
| 1909 | 462 | — | #154 | — |
| 1908 | 425 | — | #159 | — |
| 1907 | 420 | — | #154 | — |
| 1906 | 366 | — | #158 | — |
| 1905 | 421 | — | #143 | — |
| 1904 | 356 | — | #152 | — |
| 1903 | 383 | — | #142 | — |
| 1902 | 393 | — | #141 | — |
| 1901 | 369 | — | #135 | — |
| 1900 | 384 | — | #153 | #1,460 |
| 1899 | 329 | — | #145 | #1,171 |
| 1898 | 367 | — | #138 | — |
| 1897 | 297 | — | #154 | — |
| 1896 | 348 | — | #137 | — |
| 1895 | 351 | — | #130 | — |
| 1894 | 317 | — | #136 | — |
| 1893 | 321 | — | #134 | — |
| 1892 | 369 | — | #122 | — |
| 1891 | 267 | — | #134 | — |
| 1890 | 318 | — | #124 | — |
| 1889 | 266 | — | #134 | — |
| 1888 | 281 | — | #129 | — |
| 1887 | 226 | — | #126 | — |
| 1886 | 213 | — | #130 | — |
| 1885 | 212 | — | #122 | — |
| 1884 | 230 | — | #115 | — |
| 1883 | 174 | — | #121 | — |
| 1882 | 203 | — | #109 | — |
| 1881 | 157 | — | #114 | — |
| 1880 | 166 | — | #109 | — |