Rachelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rachelle: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #100, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

4registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Rachelle's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#926
1998	#995
1999	#1261
2000	#1475
2001	#3262
2002	#1372
2003	#1472
2004	#2278
2005	#2682
2006	#3116
2007	#2410
2008	#4524
2009	#2759
2010	#2843
2011	#5785
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2021	#5581

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 6 of the 27 years from 1983 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2759 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1972–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Rachelle appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 19 ranked years and 193 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1983.

Rachelle across 3 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.

Rachelle'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	#529 (1983)	#393 (1991)	#893 (2009)	6 of 27	23 (1983–2009)	6 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#848 (1996)	#848 (1996)	#5581 (2021)	19 of 26	193 (1996–2021)	26 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#348 (2000)	#348 (2000)	2 of 4	6 (1997–2000)	3 (1997)

Rachelle 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 Rachelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	85	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	86	10 of 10	9
2010s	19	4 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Rachelle 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 4 regions, from 1972 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #100 in New Zealand in 1972.

Rachelle'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#926	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#100	64	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1972 and 2021, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 1972.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in New Zealand in 1972.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 25 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.

Racheal · #322, 31y
Rachel · #3, 67y
Radha · #215, 27y
Radhika · #753, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Indi · #100, 28y
Charlize · #99, 21y
Ayaan · #104, 27y
Kora · #96, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Annabel · #100, 35y
Clayton · #100, 35y
Doireann · #99, 50y
Szymon · #99, 50y

Rachelle was ranked #100 in New Zealand · Girls in 1972. 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.

Rachelle 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 Rachelle without appearing here.

Rachelle moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #3409.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Rachelle

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1489.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2759 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Rachelle

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Rachelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rachelle went from #848 to #5581 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 4 regions, from 1972 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #100 in New Zealand in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Rachelle

Rachelle at a glance

What stands out in Rachelle's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rachelle across 3 official records

Rachelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rachelle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Rachelle at a glance

What stands out in Rachelle's record

Rachelle across 3 official records

Rachelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rachelle appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Rachelle

Rachelle and the names beside it

Rachelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rachelle

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