Rachel
Quick answers about Rachel
How many people are named Rachel?
An estimated 505,749 living Americans are named Rachel.
How rare is Rachel?
Rachel is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 1,225 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 92.5% from its 1985 peak.
How old is the typical Rachel?
The median age of a living American named Rachel is approximately 37 years, with most bearers falling between 29 and 46 years old.
Is Rachel still popular?
No. Rachel is endangered as a baby name, down 92.5% from its 1985 peak with 1,225 births in 2025.
Where is Rachel most common?
Rachel has its strongest geographic signal in New Jersey, where it appeared 5.1× more often than the national baseline in the 2020s.
Rachel is most concentrated in New Jersey — about 5.1× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in New York.
States where Rachel is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.