Ruchel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RUKH-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Ruchel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Ruchel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Rachel
“ewe”
The Yiddish form of Rachel, Jacob's beloved wife in Genesis and one of the four matriarchs.
Is Ruchel a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruchel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruchel in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
Ruchel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Ruchel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Ruchel, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Ruchel than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Ruchel in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruchel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
Nicknames for Ruchel
- Ruchie
Names like Ruchel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Harper Ava Mia Freya Isla Delilah Esme Romy Lyra Luna Eliana
Names related to Ruchel
Rachel Rachael Rochel Racheal Rachele Rachell Rechel Raychel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Ruchel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruchel, updated 20 October 2026.