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.

Rachal

#5,865 most common girls' name of all time · #9,909 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1925–2008

Rank among girls
#5,865
Rank overall
#9,909 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,323
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1986 #1,899
Best rank
#1,899 1986
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Girls Boys peak 59/yr
1940196019802000

Rachal first appears in 1925. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2008 5 — 5 #17,767
2007 7 — 7 #14,098
2005 8 — 8 #11,979
2004 10 — 10 #10,006
2003 10 — 10 #9,777
2002 17 — 17 #6,454
2001 17 — 17 #6,371
2000 16 — 16 #6,544
1999 30 — 30 #3,914
1998 20 — 20 #5,173
1997 32 — 32 #3,568
1996 35 — 35 #3,315
1995 29 — 29 #3,697
1994 33 — 33 #3,392
1993 36 — 36 #3,176
1992 46 — 46 #2,658
1991 48 — 48 #2,560
1990 51 — 51 #2,410
1989 40 — 40 #2,780
1988 54 — 54 #2,140
1987 39 — 39 #2,586
1986 59 — 59 #1,899
1985 55 — 55 #1,984
1984 53 — 53 #1,953
1983 39 — 39 #2,413
1982 55 — 55 #1,935
1981 47 — 47 #2,176
1980 42 — 42 #2,321
1979 46 — 46 #2,165
1978 34 — 34 #2,538
1977 34 — 34 #2,529
1976 31 — 31 #2,570
1975 41 — 41 #2,116
1974 25 — 25 #2,863
1973 24 — 24 #2,862
1972 12 — 12 #4,616
1971 24 — 24 #2,901
1970 21 — 21 #3,149
1969 21 — 21 #2,959
1968 13 — 13 #3,880
1967 18 — 18 #3,024
1966 10 — 10 #4,319
1962 9 — 9 #4,692
1959 6 — 6 #5,866
1957 5 — 5 #6,499
1955 6 — 6 #5,517
1944 5 — 5 #4,993
1925 5 — 5 #5,744