girl's name

Rachal

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,330

Rachal is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2008 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1986, when 59 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1925.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Rachal over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

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'20 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Rachal by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1940s 5
1950s 17
1960s 71
1970s 292
1980s 483
1990s 360
2000s (to 2008) 90

How popular is Rachal?

In 2008, Rachal was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Rachal is used

England & Wales #4,616 3 in 1998
United States #19,089 5 in 2008

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Rachal

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Rachal also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rachal over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Rachal

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rachal — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Rachal

How popular is the name Rachal?

In 2008, Rachal was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Rachal a girl's or a boy's name?

Rachal is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Rachal?

Rachal has 2 syllables.

When was Rachal most popular?

Rachal peaked in 1986, when 59 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.