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How popular is “Rachel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rachel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rachel” 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 “Rachel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rachel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rachel” 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 166 0.000823887 166 100%
1881 157 0.000814789 157 100%
1882 203 0.000916342 203 100%
1883 174 0.000802043 174 100%
1884 230 0.00094471 230 100%
1885 212 0.000880201 212 100%
1886 213 0.00083426 213 100%
1887 226 0.00091353 226 100%
1888 281 0.000938312 281 100%
1889 266 0.000920587 266 100%
1890 318 0.001055073 318 100%
1891 267 0.000931375 267 100%
1892 369 0.001103555 369 100%
1893 321 0.000987015 321 100%
1894 317 0.000935959 317 100%
1895 351 0.000999943 351 100%
1896 348 0.00097347 348 100%
1897 297 0.000856014 297 100%
1898 367 0.000962106 367 100%
1899 329 0.000969832 324 5 97%
1900 384 0.000852844 379 5 97%
1901 369 0.001067054 369 100%
1902 393 0.001016205 393 100%
1903 383 0.001004722 383 100%
1904 356 0.000882313 356 100%
1905 421 0.000993107 421 100%
1906 366 0.00085424 366 100%
1907 420 0.000902469 420 100%
1908 425 0.000869745 425 100%
1909 462 0.000903713 462 100%
1910 543 0.000919231 538 5 98%
1911 537 0.000833491 537 100%
1912 703 0.000711494 703 100%
1913 827 0.000727282 827 100%
1914 980 0.000691922 975 5 99%
1915 1212 0.000661418 1205 7 99%
1916 1336 0.000690647 1328 8 99%
1917 1344 0.00066974 1339 5 99%
1918 1548 0.000712999 1542 6 99%
1919 1496 0.000708922 1488 8 99%
1920 1492 0.000659406 1484 8 99%
1921 1593 0.000682372 1583 10 99%
1922 1551 0.000677542 1541 10 99%
1923 1488 0.000646259 1483 5 99%
1924 1600 0.000671814 1600 100%
1925 1447 0.000620151 1439 8 99%
1926 1397 0.000608475 1389 8 99%
1927 1293 0.000557482 1286 7 99%
1928 1188 0.000525446 1180 8 99%
1929 1225 0.000558809 1214 11 98%
1930 1267 0.000569877 1261 6 99%
1931 1171 0.000556456 1171 100%
1932 1265 0.000599159 1254 11 98%
1933 1152 0.000576159 1142 10 98%
1934 1194 0.000574919 1181 13 98%
1935 1209 0.000578497 1198 11 98%
1936 1225 0.000589629 1208 17 97%
1937 1241 0.000582446 1229 12 98%
1938 1288 0.000582127 1279 9 99%
1939 1354 0.000614493 1345 9 99%
1940 1271 0.000551964 1264 7 99%
1941 1401 0.000575023 1384 17 98%
1942 1437 0.000526023 1427 10 99%
1943 1379 0.000488564 1371 8 99%
1944 1250 0.00046467 1250 100%
1945 1214 0.000457611 1207 7 99%
1946 1234 0.000386191 1234 100%
1947 1447 0.000401685 1447 100%
1948 1388 0.000402025 1388 100%
1949 1443 0.000414087 1437 6 99%
1950 1454 0.00041503 1454 100%
1951 1442 0.00039145 1435 7 99%
1952 1610 0.000423907 1599 11 99%
1953 1789 0.000464236 1780 9 99%
1954 1811 0.000454944 1806 5 99%
1955 1815 0.000452046 1802 13 99%
1956 1681 0.000407709 1672 9 99%
1957 1828 0.000435016 1821 7 99%
1958 1669 0.000403735 1663 6 99%
1959 1751 0.000421117 1744 7 99%
1960 1792 0.000431411 1792 100%
1961 2061 0.00049755 2054 7 99%
1962 1946 0.000482236 1939 7 99%
1963 2183 0.000551513 2178 5 100%
1964 2266 0.000582878 2260 6 99%
1965 2024 0.000558276 2012 12 99%
1966 2285 0.00065743 2277 8 99%
1967 3326 0.000979706 3314 12 99%
1968 3737 0.001106141 3726 11 99%
1969 5260 0.001513528 5242 18 99%
1970 6050 0.00167752 6030 20 99%
1971 6145 0.001790316 6113 32 99%
1972 6432 0.002046456 6417 15 100%
1973 6124 0.002029907 6103 21 99%
1974 7434 0.002445396 7399 35 99%
1975 8251 0.002732668 8228 23 99%
1976 8482 0.002795373 8454 28 99%
1977 9013 0.002837405 8975 38 99%
1978 9840 0.003100316 9802 38 99%
1979 10270 0.003086865 10229 41 99%
1980 11676 0.003389746 11619 57 99%
1981 12640 0.003653839 12590 50 99%
1982 13937 0.003972962 13873 64 99%
1983 14635 0.004225691 14592 43 99%
1984 15921 0.004563519 15838 83 99%
1985 16438 0.00460563 16361 77 99%
1986 15512 0.004360883 15456 56 99%
1987 15707 0.004356262 15644 63 99%
1988 15410 0.004170452 15348 62 99%
1989 15463 0.004022165 15357 106 99%
1990 15750 0.003984842 15710 40 99%
1991 16375 0.004203822 16343 32 100%
1992 15866 0.004130402 15840 26 100%
1993 15999 0.004243453 15973 26 100%
1994 15517 0.00417387 15492 25 100%
1995 16075 0.004389492 16047 28 100%
1996 16145 0.004426689 16120 25 100%
1997 13821 0.003811902 13798 23 100%
1998 12228 0.003324446 12210 18 100%
1999 11648 0.003153335 11631 17 100%
2000 10699 0.002830495 10687 12 100%
2001 9563 0.002554636 9555 8 100%
2002 8958 0.002396282 8943 15 100%
2003 8010 0.002106609 7996 14 100%
2004 6954 0.001819979 6920 34 99%
2005 6236 0.001621912 6223 13 100%
2006 5553 0.001403623 5546 7 100%
2007 4845 0.001211952 4838 7 100%
2008 4091 0.001040791 4086 5 100%
2009 3593 0.000940533 3588 5 100%
2010 3023 0.000817969 3023 100%
2011 2664 0.000728308 2664 100%
2012 2425 0.000663045 2418 7 99%
2013 2324 0.000637469 2324 100%
2014 2095 0.000565242 2090 5 100%
2015 1938 0.000523655 1938 100%
2016 1883 0.000513261 1883 100%
2017 1622 0.000453555 1622 100%
2018 1563 0.000444552 1558 5 99%
2019 1547 0.000445701 1547 100%
2020 1305 0.000390651 1305 100%
2021 1271 0.000375153 1271 100%
2022 1261 0.000372731 1261 100%
2023 1223 0.000369353 1223 100%
2024 1285 0.00038606 1285 100%

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