Rachal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-chul
- Origin
- Hebrew
Rachal is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ewe”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rachal mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Rachel, from Hebrew Rahel
“ewe”
According to Genesis, Rachel was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Is Rachal a girl's or a boy's name?
Rachal is a girls' name.
How popular is Rachal in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Rachal in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rachal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,945 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,922 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
Nicknames for Rachal
- Rach
Names like Rachal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raven, Sarah, Sara, Danielle, Rebecca, Ashley, Raquel, Sasha, Ryan, Jordan, Anya, Rivka
Names related to Rachal
Rachel, Rachael, Rachelle, Rachell, Racheal, Raychel, Raechel, Rachele
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rachal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rachal, updated 20 October 2026.