Rachel is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “ewe.” In 2024 it was given to 1,285 girls in the United States.
Rachel belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “ewe” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rachel first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #9 in 1996, and in 2024 1,285 babies received the name — 572,695 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rachel means “ewe” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rachel is a girl name. In 2024, 1,285 babies received the name in the US.
Rachel comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Rachel first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #9 in 1996, and 1,285 babies were given the name in 2024.
Rachel is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.tʃəl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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