Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Rachel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rachel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.1% from peak

Peak era

1985

Peak rank proxy

16,361

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19852024

Peak year

1985

Decline from peak

92.1%

2024

1,285

All-time

572,695

Rachel once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1985, when 16,361 girls were named Rachel.

In 2024, only 1,285 girls were given the name.

Down 92.1% from its peak.

All told, about 572,695 Americans have been named Rachel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.1% from peak

198516,361 girls named Rachel

20241,285 girls named Rachel

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