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Popularized Thanks To Jennifer Aniston's Character In Friends: Rachel Green.
Rachel Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.31%
Male
99.69%
Female
Rachel is predominantly a girls name, with 99.69% of Rachels being girls, and 0.31% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 1786 males named Rachel, and 568747 females given the name
Popularity of Rachel by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Rachel in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Rachel: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Rachel' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Rachel in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Rachel's average ranking is 538.79, with it's highest ever rank being #. Rachel has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 61 times.
Rachel has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 570533 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Rachel gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1974, when it's usage went up by 120.18%. During this year, 7396 babies were named Rachel, which was 0.2484% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.465%, in this year alone more than 16000 girls were named Rachel.
Popular 'R' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'R'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with R. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'R' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
| Name | 'R-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley | 1. | 70. | 7110 | 0.197% |
| Ruby | 2. | 174. | 3796 | 0.105% |
| Reagan | 3. | 228. | 3081 | 0.085% |
| Rylee | 4. | 242. | 2947 | 0.081% |
| Rose | 5. | 352. | 2016 | 0.056% |
| Raelynn | 6. | 360. | 1971 | 0.054% |
| Ryleigh | 7. | 378. | 1877 | 0.052% |
| Rachel | 8. | 382. | 1854 | 0.051% |
| Reese | 9. | 390. | 1815 | 0.05% |
| Rebecca | 10. | 448. | 1563 | 0.043% |
| Rowan | 11. | 509. | 1344 | 0.037% |
| Rosalie | 12. | 540. | 1241 | 0.034% |
| Raegan | 13. | 589. | 1129 | 0.031% |
| River | 14. | 597. | 1118 | 0.031% |
| Remi | 15. | 612. | 1095 | 0.03% |
| Ruth | 16. | 621. | 1081 | 0.03% |
| Raelyn | 17. | 648. | 1024 | 0.028% |
| Rylie | 18. | 665. | 1003 | 0.028% |
| Regina | 19. | 861. | 733 | 0.02% |
| Rosemary | 20. | 863. | 729 | 0.02% |