as a First Name
Biblical name (meaning ‘ewe’ in Hebrew), borne by the beloved wife of Jacob and mother (after long barrenness) of Joseph (Genesis 28–35) and of Benjamin, at whose birth she died. In the Middle Ages and subsequently this was regarded as a characteristically Jewish name, but it is now also popular among Gentiles.
| 117th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 463,099
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 537,177
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Rachel per capita
- 1985
- marked the height of its popularity
99.93%
0.07%
6%
55+
55+
28%
30-54
30-54
37%
13-29
13-29
28%
0-12
0-12
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