Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rachael

#436 most common girls' name of all time · #796 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#436
Rank overall
#796 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
82,650
Since 2016
759
Peak year
1990 #111
Best rank
#98 1987
Girls Boys peak 3,035/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Rachael is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 26 — 26 #4,990
2024 38 — 38 #3,892
2023 57 — 57 #2,936
2022 48 — 48 #3,314
2021 52 — 52 #3,113
2020 65 — 65 #2,597
2019 80 — 80 #2,272
2018 114 — 114 #1,787
2017 116 — 116 #1,793
2016 163 — 163 #1,420
2015 185 — 185 #1,297
2014 210 — 210 #1,171
2013 244 — 244 #1,021
2012 296 — 296 #894
2011 321 — 321 #825
2010 410 — 410 #698
2009 491 — 491 #616
2008 658 — 658 #481
2007 834 — 834 #393
2006 814 — 814 #393
2005 797 — 797 #392
2004 845 6 851 #369
2003 971 — 971 #320
2002 1,041 — 1,041 #300
2001 1,304 — 1,304 #244
2000 1,389 — 1,389 #228
1999 1,654 — 1,654 #187
1998 1,744 — 1,744 #170
1997 2,039 — 2,039 #154
1996 2,485 — 2,485 #128
1995 2,606 — 2,606 #120
1994 2,553 — 2,553 #124
1993 2,746 5 2,751 #117
1992 2,745 — 2,745 #123
1991 2,915 — 2,915 #114
1990 3,028 7 3,035 #111
1989 2,833 16 2,849 #109
1988 2,831 9 2,840 #100
1987 2,833 17 2,850 #98
1986 2,699 11 2,710 #103
1985 2,761 7 2,768 #100
1984 2,652 9 2,661 #103
1983 2,410 12 2,422 #123
1982 2,473 14 2,487 #120
1981 2,131 11 2,142 #132
1980 2,047 12 2,059 #142
1979 1,852 10 1,862 #151
1978 1,694 6 1,700 #162
1977 1,487 5 1,492 #185
1976 1,438 6 1,444 #177
1975 1,376 7 1,383 #185
1974 1,188 5 1,193 #215
1973 972 — 972 #258
1972 980 — 980 #269
1971 851 — 851 #312
1970 886 — 886 #313
1969 725 — 725 #333
1968 483 6 489 #432
1967 446 — 446 #447
1966 262 — 262 #583
1965 217 — 217 #668
1964 201 — 201 #733
1963 195 — 195 #734
1962 180 — 180 #777
1961 189 — 189 #757
1960 150 — 150 #849
1959 141 — 141 #868
1958 180 — 180 #741
1957 122 — 122 #933
1956 121 — 121 #917
1955 115 — 115 #917
1954 148 — 148 #769
1953 143 — 143 #767
1952 98 — 98 #935
1951 93 — 93 #961
1950 88 — 88 #960
1949 101 — 101 #873
1948 85 — 85 #939
1947 78 — 78 #1,005
1946 75 — 75 #962
1945 55 — 55 #1,049
1944 69 — 69 #928
1943 61 — 61 #1,022
1942 70 — 70 #937
1941 65 — 65 #912
1940 67 — 67 #871
1939 60 — 60 #904
1938 61 — 61 #907
1937 55 — 55 #929
1936 48 — 48 #996
1935 50 — 50 #974
1934 47 — 47 #1,008
1933 50 — 50 #974
1932 52 — 52 #981
1931 34 — 34 #1,244
1930 65 — 65 #897
1929 57 — 57 #951
1928 67 — 67 #896
1927 86 — 86 #783
1926 92 — 92 #749
1925 83 — 83 #818
1924 96 — 96 #761
1923 103 — 103 #719
1922 115 — 115 #679
1921 144 — 144 #604
1920 119 — 119 #664
1919 118 — 118 #638
1918 139 — 139 #604
1917 145 — 145 #561
1916 160 — 160 #517
1915 96 — 96 #669
1914 67 — 67 #708
1913 60 — 60 #671
1912 59 — 59 #655
1911 43 — 43 #660
1910 45 — 45 #635
1909 21 — 21 #890
1908 23 — 23 #813
1907 21 — 21 #821
1906 28 — 28 #694
1905 23 — 23 #762
1904 24 — 24 #715
1903 32 — 32 #579
1902 19 — 19 #799
1901 19 — 19 #748
1900 44 — 44 #512
1899 22 — 22 #667
1898 19 — 19 #771
1897 18 — 18 #739
1896 19 — 19 #730
1895 26 — 26 #599
1894 21 — 21 #649
1893 16 — 16 #741
1892 19 — 19 #666
1891 17 — 17 #649
1890 8 — 8 #1,006
1889 16 — 16 #644
1888 18 — 18 #601
1887 13 — 13 #636
1886 14 — 14 #608
1885 8 — 8 #794
1884 7 — 7 #854
1883 9 — 9 #658
1882 8 — 8 #681
1881 8 — 8 #630
1880 12 — 12 #514