girl's name

Racheal

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 11,176

Scotland

#736

2002 births

Racheal is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1985, when 388 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1910.

Racheal over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,374
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Racheal by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 132
1920s 158
1930s 107
1940s 153
1950s 289
1960s 478
1970s 1,810
1980s 3,374
1990s 2,688
2000s 1,043
2010s 258
2020s (to 2025) 30

How popular is Racheal?

In 2025, Racheal was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Racheal is used

Scotland #736 3 in 2002
Ireland #1,045 3 in 2009
Canada #3,520 5 in 2013
England & Wales #5,392 4 in 2023
United States #14,276 6 in 2025

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 Racheal

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

Parents who like Racheal also like

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

Sibling names for Racheal

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

Common questions about Racheal

How popular is the name Racheal?

In 2025, Racheal was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Racheal is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Racheal most popular?

Racheal peaked in 1985, when 388 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Racheal a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Racheal currently ranks #14,276 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.