Racheal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-chel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Racheal is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Racheal mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Rachel
“ewe”
In Genesis Rachel is Jacob's beloved wife and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Is Racheal a girl's or a boy's name?
Racheal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Racheal in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Racheal in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Racheal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Racheal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Racheal, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1985, with 388 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Racheal in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,296 girls in the US were given Racheal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #267, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Racheal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,613 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,134 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,186 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,056 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,604 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,499 |
| 2001 | 128 | #1,467 |
| 2000 | 157 | #1,243 |
| 1999 | 189 | #1,064 |
| 1998 | 157 | #1,181 |
| 1997 | 197 | #989 |
| 1996 | 239 | #835 |
| 1995 | 266 | #760 |
| 1994 | 291 | #714 |
| 1993 | 324 | #673 |
| 1992 | 333 | #666 |
| 1991 | 338 | #651 |
| 1990 | 354 | #635 |
| 1989 | 344 | #616 |
| 1988 | 360 | #572 |
| 1987 | 349 | #569 |
| 1986 | 379 | #539 |
| 1985 | 388 | #517 |
| 1984 | 345 | #548 |
| 1983 | 316 | #571 |
| 1982 | 301 | #598 |
| 1981 | 308 | #596 |
| 1980 | 284 | #642 |
| 1979 | 238 | #712 |
| 1978 | 235 | #679 |
| 1977 | 211 | #727 |
| 1976 | 208 | #706 |
| 1975 | 191 | #748 |
| 1974 | 196 | #729 |
| 1973 | 150 | #858 |
| 1972 | 137 | #908 |
| 1971 | 124 | #1,003 |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1969 | 94 | #1,148 |
| 1968 | 78 | #1,236 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,632 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,834 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,738 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,647 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,860 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
Nicknames for Racheal
- Rach
- Rae 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Racheal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Molly, Jessica, Erin, Sarah, Amber, Abigail, Hannah, Jasmine, Holly, Leah, Robyn, Michelle
Other spellings of Racheal
Names related to Racheal
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Racheal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/racheal, updated 20 October 2026.