Racheal

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Racheal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Racheal: Recorded since 1979, it reached #322 in 1999, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#322highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1005
1997	#1045
1998	#1165
1999	#1393
2000	#1313
2001	#1870
2002	#1658
2003	#1383
2004	#2530
2005	#1589
2006	#1243
2007	#2410
2008	#1718
2009	#1752
2010	#2589
2011	#2636
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2018	#4684
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 31 years from 1979 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1752 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1979–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1979–2009
Highest recorded position: #322 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1979–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Racheal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 258 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1979.

Racheal across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Racheal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#523 (1979)	#322 (1999)	#893 (2009)	19 of 31	82 (1979–2009)	8 (2003)
England and Wales · Girls	#1005 (1996)	#1005 (1996)	#4709 (2023)	25 of 28	258 (1996–2023)	21 (2006)

Racheal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Racheal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	69	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	130	10 of 10	13
2010s	49	8 of 10	6
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Racheal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Racheal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1045	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1005	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1979 and 2023, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #322, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rabiya · #1755, 24y
Rachael · #25, 61y
Rachel · #3, 67y
Rachelle · #100, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aadam · #322, 29y
Justina · #322, 28y
Reiss · #322, 29y
Tommaso · #322, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Asa · #321, 30y
Corrina · #321, 25y
Elvis · #321, 30y
Esmond · #321, 11y

Racheal was ranked #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Racheal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Racheal without appearing here.

Racheal moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #4684.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Racheal

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2070.

Moved the opposite way to Racheal

Abigail Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 while Abigail went from #391 to #46.
Aimee Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 while Aimee went from #303 to #49.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 while Alexandra went from #467 to #78.
Alice Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 while Alice went from #170 to #76.

Moved the same way as Racheal

Audrey Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 and Audrey from #68 to #488.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 and Deirdre from #8 to #488.
Diane Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 and Diane from #138 to #742.
Eileen Compare
Between 1979 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Racheal went from #523 to #893 and Eileen from #75 to #284.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Racheal

Racheal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Racheal across 2 official records

Racheal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Racheal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Racheal at a glance

Racheal across 2 official records

Racheal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Racheal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Racheal

Racheal and the names beside it

Racheal moved ahead of

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