Girls' name · peaked in 1973
Rachelle name popularity since 1925
33,774 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rachelle. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Rachelle is about 46 years old in 2026. Rachelle peaked in 1973 as the #279 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 33,774
- Named Rachelle, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,375 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 33,737 girls · 37 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Rachelle made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rachelle births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1971. Measured as a share of all babies, Rachelle peaked in 1973.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Rachelle became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 4,670 baby girls to 1 in 1,770.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 2,910 to 1 in 6,030.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Rachelle's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rachelle.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rachelle in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 51 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 162 | 0 | #1,985 |
| 1940s | 586 | 0 | #1,172 |
| 1950s | 1,855 | 0 | #699 |
| 1960s | 4,964 | 5 | #486 |
| 1970s | 8,403 | 22 | #298 |
| 1980s | 9,029 | 10 | #272 |
| 1990s | 5,437 | 0 | #511 |
| 2000s | 2,140 | 0 | #1,224 |
| 2010s | 836 | 0 | #2,072 |
| 2020–25 | 274 | 0 | #3,375 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.2% of babies named Rachelle from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Rachelle is most popular
The index compares Rachelle's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rachelle.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.10× | 804 |
| Oregon | 2.49× | 710 |
| Washington | 2.04× | 1,039 |
| Nebraska | 1.88× | 401 |
| Kansas | 1.85× | 574 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rachelle and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Rachelle (this page) | 33,737 | 1973 |
| Rachell | 3,906 | 1982 |
| Rachele | 3,298 | 1984 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rachelle's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rachelle.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rachelle (1973).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data