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How popular is “Rachael” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rachael” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rachael” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rachael” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rachael” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rachael” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rachael” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rachael” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 100%
1892 19 0.000056823 19 100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 100%
1900 44 0.000097722 44 100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 100%
1902 19 0.00004913 19 100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 100%
1905 23 0.000054255 23 100%
1906 28 0.000065352 28 100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 100%
1910 45 0.000076179 45 100%
1911 43 0.000066741 43 100%
1912 59 0.000059713 59 100%
1913 60 0.000052765 60 100%
1914 67 0.000047305 67 100%
1915 96 0.00005239 96 100%
1916 160 0.000082712 160 100%
1917 145 0.000072256 145 100%
1918 139 0.000064023 139 100%
1919 118 0.000055918 118 100%
1920 119 0.000052593 119 100%
1921 144 0.000061683 144 100%
1922 115 0.000050237 115 100%
1923 103 0.000044734 103 100%
1924 96 0.000040309 96 100%
1925 83 0.000035572 83 100%
1926 92 0.000040071 92 100%
1927 86 0.000037079 86 100%
1928 67 0.000029634 67 100%
1929 57 0.000026002 57 100%
1930 65 0.000029236 65 100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 100%
1933 50 0.000025007 50 100%
1934 47 0.000022631 47 100%
1935 50 0.000023925 50 100%
1936 48 0.000023104 48 100%
1937 55 0.000025813 55 100%
1938 61 0.00002757 61 100%
1939 60 0.00002723 60 100%
1940 67 0.000029096 67 100%
1941 65 0.000026678 65 100%
1942 70 0.000025624 70 100%
1943 61 0.000021612 61 100%
1944 69 0.00002565 69 100%
1945 55 0.000020732 55 100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 100%
1947 78 0.000021653 78 100%
1948 85 0.00002462 85 100%
1949 101 0.000028983 101 100%
1950 88 0.000025119 88 100%
1951 93 0.000025246 93 100%
1952 98 0.000025803 98 100%
1953 143 0.000037108 143 100%
1954 148 0.000037179 148 100%
1955 115 0.000028642 115 100%
1956 121 0.000029347 121 100%
1957 122 0.000029033 122 100%
1958 180 0.000043542 180 100%
1959 141 0.000033911 141 100%
1960 150 0.000036111 150 100%
1961 189 0.000045627 189 100%
1962 180 0.000044606 180 100%
1963 195 0.000049265 195 100%
1964 201 0.000051703 201 100%
1965 217 0.000059855 217 100%
1966 262 0.000075381 262 100%
1967 446 0.000131374 446 100%
1968 489 0.000144743 483 6 98%
1969 726 0.000208901 726 100%
1970 886 0.000245667 886 100%
1971 850 0.000247643 850 100%
1972 980 0.000311805 980 100%
1973 972 0.000322186 972 100%
1974 1193 0.000392434 1188 5 99%
1975 1383 0.000458039 1376 7 99%
1976 1444 0.000475892 1438 6 99%
1977 1491 0.000469385 1486 5 99%
1978 1700 0.000535624 1694 6 99%
1979 1863 0.000559964 1853 10 99%
1980 2059 0.000597764 2047 12 99%
1981 2142 0.000619187 2131 11 99%
1982 2487 0.000708959 2473 14 99%
1983 2422 0.000699325 2410 12 99%
1984 2661 0.000762736 2652 9 99%
1985 2768 0.000775544 2761 7 99%
1986 2710 0.000761861 2699 11 99%
1987 2850 0.000790434 2833 17 99%
1988 2840 0.000768597 2831 9 99%
1989 2849 0.000741069 2833 16 99%
1990 3035 0.000767873 3028 7 100%
1991 2915 0.000748344 2915 100%
1992 2745 0.000714607 2745 100%
1993 2751 0.000729654 2746 5 100%
1994 2552 0.000686455 2552 100%
1995 2606 0.000711603 2606 100%
1996 2485 0.000681346 2485 100%
1997 2039 0.000562367 2039 100%
1998 1744 0.000474144 1744 100%
1999 1654 0.000447769 1654 100%
2000 1389 0.00036747 1389 100%
2001 1304 0.000348347 1304 100%
2002 1041 0.000278469 1041 100%
2003 971 0.00025537 971 100%
2004 851 0.000222721 845 6 99%
2005 797 0.000207291 797 100%
2006 814 0.000205754 814 100%
2007 834 0.000208621 834 100%
2008 658 0.000167402 658 100%
2009 491 0.000128528 491 100%
2010 409 0.000110668 409 100%
2011 321 0.000087758 321 100%
2012 296 0.000080933 296 100%
2013 244 0.000066929 244 100%
2014 210 0.000056659 210 100%
2015 185 0.000049988 185 100%
2016 163 0.00004443 163 100%
2017 116 0.000032437 116 100%
2018 114 0.000032424 114 100%
2019 80 0.000023049 80 100%
2020 65 0.000019458 65 100%
2021 51 0.000015053 51 100%
2022 48 0.000014188 48 100%
2023 57 0.000017214 57 100%
2024 38 0.000011417 38 100%

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