# Rachelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rachelle/  
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 | 33,970 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 37 / 33,933 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 193, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century variant of Rachel, from French Rachelle, or possibly coined independently of it.

## 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 | 117 | 1,755 |
| 2012 | 89 | 2,140 |
| 2013 | 73 | 2,482 |
| 2014 | 89 | 2,150 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,072 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,755 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,896 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,553 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,808 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,532 |
| 2021 | 45 | 3,476 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3,403 |
| 2023 | 43 | 3,630 |
| 2024 | 50 | 3,215 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,375 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 | 4,864 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,334 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,806 |
| 1975 | 5 | 6,098 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,813 |
| 1984 | 5 | 7,062 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,553 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 14 | 1,372 |
| 2003 | 14 | 1,472 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2,278 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Rachelle

- Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
- Rachelle Viinberg, Canadian rower
- Rachelle Ann Go, Filipino singer
- Rachelle Ferrell, American jazz singer
- Rachelle Boone-Smith, American sprinter
- Rachelle Brown, Canadian curler
- Amanda Cerny, American internet personality
- Reina del Cid, American singer-songwriter
- Moira Dela Torre, Filipina singer-songwriter (born 1993)

## 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.