girls:
33.8k births since 1911
#753 (87th percentile)
boys:
37 births since 1969
#4549 (1st percentile)
overall:
33.9k births since 1911
#1366 (82nd percentile)
The name Rachelle is the #1,366 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 33,870 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 82.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #753 (86.8% percentile) for all time with 33,833 births since 1911. For boys, it ranks #4,549 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 1969.
Rachelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for girls and 1969 for boys).
The name Rachelle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rachelle reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 68.4% percentile (ranked #250) with 526 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 569 births per million (ranked 65.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1984, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rachelle ranks #909 for girls (4.0% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 4.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rachelle reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #659) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rachelle".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Rachelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Rachelle is pronounced as ruh-SHEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-shehl, at 7.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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