NameTides

Rachel

Rachel was the #250 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,225 babies), and #394 in England & Wales and #204 in Canada.

Rachel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Rachel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Rachel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#250 (1,225)#394 (106)#324 (10)#290 (5)#186 (24)#204 (148)——
2024#246 (1,292)#377 (114)#431 (7)—#189 (24)#203 (145)——
2023#254 (1,224)#421 (97)#250 (15)#142 (14)#148 (32)#156 (166)——
2022#240 (1,263)#395 (107)#208 (20)#201 (9)#146 (36)#147 (185)——
2021#239 (1,271)#367 (125)#177 (24)#139 (17)#121 (44)#118 (229)——
2020#226 (1,305)#352 (126)#186 (21)#149 (13)#115 (45)#128 (204)——
2019#191 (1,548)#331 (139)#136 (35)#138 (15)#96 (59)#96 (269)——
2018#198 (1,558)#323 (147)#134 (36)#119 (20)#106 (57)#105 (257)——
2017#191 (1,622)#283 (173)#88 (50)#91 (24)#86 (67)#88 (312)——
2016#171 (1,884)#263 (193)#108 (43)#112 (22)#74 (87)#99 (287)——
2015#167 (1,941)#272 (179)#80 (63)#77 (33)#43 (140)#99 (296)——
2014#155 (2,090)#235 (209)#91 (53)#94 (25)#53 (127)#79 (346)——
2013#137 (2,325)#227 (220)#72 (67)#54 (41)#43 (153)#71 (374)——
2012#130 (2,420)#219 (230)#78 (66)#64 (40)#40 (169)#70 (369)——
2011#115 (2,664)#190 (271)#70 (79)#49 (51)#39 (196)#71 (375)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 880common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rachel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rachel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #313WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #344ILMichigan: #484MINew York: #32NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #396ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #345INOhio: #280OHPennsylvania: #196PANew Jersey: #51NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #474CAUtah: #249UTColorado: #789CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #248KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #195MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #331NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #431TXFlorida: #351FL
Rachel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#15336
Ontario2024#21456

Rachel (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RachelCanadaGirls#204148
RachelCanadaBoys—too few
RachelEngland & WalesGirls#394106
RachelIrelandGirls#18624
RachelNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
RachelNSWGirls—too few
RachelScotlandGirls#32410
RachelUSGirls#2501,225
RachelUSBoys—too few
RachelVICGirls—too few