Rachel

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #250in 2025
  • 1 in 1,312girls in 2025
  • −30%last ten years
  • 5.5×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1985. Quieter now: down 30% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,7549,50718801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Rachel, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,824
18811,707
18821,882
18831,549
18841,783
18851,593
18861,474
18871,548
18881,573
18891,491
18901,670
18911,439
18921,738
18931,508
18941,422
18951,502
18961,463
18971,268
18981,418
18991,390
19001,264
19011,542
19021,488
19031,462
19041,293
19051,444
19061,239
19071,318
19081,271
19091,331
19101,357
19111,284
19121,260
19131,324
19141,280
19151,225
19161,272
19171,238
19181,332
19191,317
19201,238
19211,284
19221,283
19231,229
19241,281
19251,182
19261,172
19271,078
19281,023
19291,087
19301,120
19311,100
19321,175
19331,133
19341,131
19351,143
19361,161
19371,155
19381,159
19391,227
19401,105
19411,146
19421,056
1943983
1944942
1945923
1946785
1947816
1948817
1949840
1950849
1951797
1952862
1953946
1954929
1955922
1956833
1957891
1958827
1959862
1960886
19611,018
1962987
19631,130
19641,193
19651,139
19661,346
19672,006
19682,272
19693,107
19703,449
19713,675
19724,218
19734,185
19745,042
19755,642
19765,770
19775,855
19786,399
19796,373
19806,998
19817,548
19828,192
19838,734
19849,407
19859,507
19869,009
19878,999
19888,618
19898,330
19908,275
19918,717
19928,590
19938,830
19948,675
19959,125
19969,196
19977,927
19986,910
19996,558
20005,885
20015,307
20024,978
20034,377
20043,770
20053,369
20062,920
20072,518
20082,161
20091,954
20101,701
20111,514
20121,374
20131,325
20141,170
20151,087
20161,063
2017939
2018916
2019922
2020807
2021775
2022770
2023763
2024797
2025762

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 5.5×
  2. New York 5.1×
  3. Pennsylvania 1.7×
  4. Utah 1.6×
  5. Maryland 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,225
Rank in 2025
#250
How rare
1 in 1,312 girls
Since 1880
573,957

Most popular in 1985, at 9,507 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 30% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey5.5×456
New York5.1×926
Pennsylvania1.7×188
Utah1.6×63
Maryland1.4×67

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.