How common is the surname Rachel?

2,398 people in the United States had the surname Rachel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. It ranked 12,837th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rachel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,398 in 2010, up 2.3%.

Is Rachel also a first name?

Yes. Rachel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rachel

A surname, carried by 2,398 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rachel is more common than 92.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,398 people named Rachel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,345.

#12,837

rank among US surnames

2,398

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,181)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,831	Loe	2,401	128,590
#12,833	Vinci	2,400	128,644
#12,835	Digirolamo	2,399	128,698
#12,837	Perreira	2,398	128,751
#12,842	Bridgers	2,397	128,805

Who is named Rachel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

69% of people named Rachel identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rachel

Rachel has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

Questions

How common is the surname Rachel?: 2,398 people in the United States had the surname Rachel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. It ranked 12,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rachel?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Rachel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rachel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,398 in 2010, up 2.3%.
Is Rachel also a first name?: Yes. Rachel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.