Rachel
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Rachel is a Hebrew name meaning “ewe” or “lamb,” with forms like Rachael, Rachelle and Raquel. In Genesis Jacob served Laban fourteen years to marry his beloved Rachel, who became the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Popular since the Puritans, Rachel has sat in the top twenty lately, partly thanks to Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel Green on Friends.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Rachel in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Rachel against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Rachel is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Rachel in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,225 girls were named Rachel, making it the #250 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 573,957 girls have been named Rachel, with the most (16,360) in 1985. It is most common, relative to births, in New York, New Jersey and Montana.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Rachel in other languages
- Raquel Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish
- Rakel Icelandic, Swedish
- Raakel Finnish
- Rachele Italian
- Rachelle Dutch
- Ráchel Czech
Rachel name days
- June 3 Norway
- June 26 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Rachel
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Rachel, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Rachel (Category 3) | 2026 | Eastern Pacific | 194 km/h |
| Hurricane Rachel (Category 1) | 2014 | Eastern Pacific | 139 km/h |
| Tropical storm Rachel | 1999 | Western Pacific | 65 km/h |
| Cyclone Rachel (Category 1) | 1997 | South Pacific | 148 km/h |
| Tropical storm Rachel | 1990 | Eastern Pacific | 102 km/h |
| Tropical storm Rachel | 1984 | Eastern Pacific | 102 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Rachel
There are 4 towns and villages with Rachel in their name, in 2 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 3🇲🇽 Mexico 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Rachel | West Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | 248 | Map |
| Rachel | Nevada, 🇺🇸 United States | 54 | Map |
| Rachel Estates | Tennessee, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Galilea (Rachel Casaus Azmitia) | Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 9 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Rachel
There are 14 lakes and reservoirs with Rachel in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 10🇺🇸 United States 4
| Name | Where | |
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| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rachel | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Rachel | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Rachel songs
8 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Rachel in their title. The best known:
- Bring Me the Head of Rachel Stamp EP – Rachel Stamp
- Rachel – Russell Morris (1970)
- Reuben and Rachel
- RACHEL (Bowater)
- RACHEL (Scholefield)
- RACHEL (Wren)
- Rachel – Frei José de Santa Cecília
- SARAH RACHEL
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Rachel
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Rachel.
Rachel Ames
Rachel Boston
Rachel Brosnahan
Rachel Carson
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Fictional characters named Rachel
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Rachel as a pet name
FurryName has found 65 dogs named Rachel in public pet registers, making it the #2,295 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Framingham (1), Richmond (1), Victoria (1). Rachel as a dog name →
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