# Rachael (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rachael/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 82,650 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 181 / 82,469 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,708, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 321 | 826 |
| 2012 | 296 | 895 |
| 2013 | 244 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 210 | 1,172 |
| 2015 | 185 | 1,300 |
| 2016 | 163 | 1,424 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,798 |
| 2018 | 114 | 1,795 |
| 2019 | 80 | 2,283 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,623 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,149 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,357 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,967 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,947 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,066 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | 5,596 |
| 1979 | 10 | 4,010 |
| 1980 | 12 | 3,566 |
| 1981 | 11 | 3,796 |
| 1982 | 14 | 3,246 |
| 1983 | 12 | 3,570 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,462 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,601 |
| 1986 | 11 | 4,061 |
| 1987 | 17 | 3,044 |
| 1988 | 9 | 5,116 |
| 1989 | 16 | 3,579 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,982 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,816 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11,006 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 692 |
| 2012 | 45 | 844 |
| 2013 | 37 | 982 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Rachael

- Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and model
- Rachael Taylor, Australian actress and model
- Rachael Harris, American actress and comedian
- Rachael Yamagata, American musician
- Rachael Carpani, Australian actress (1980–2025)
- Rachael Stirling, British actress
- Rachael Ray, American television host, businesswoman, celebrity cook, and author
- Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress
- Rachael Adams, American volleyball player
- Rachael Karker, Canadian freestyle skier
- Rachael Bella, American actress
- Rachael Taylor, Australian rower

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.