Raquel

Girl name

Raquel has been given to 50,978 babies in the U.S. since 1900. It peaked in 1970.

Meaning & origin /ɹɑːˈkɛl/

Borrowed from Spanish Raquel, from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rāḥēl). Doublet of Rachel.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

50,978

Peak year

1970 (1,478 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1900

10-year trend

▼ -45%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

R. J. Palacio

American author (born 1963)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Raquel.

51,108 babies since 1913

52,385 babies since 1882

52,406 babies since 1945

53,837 babies since 1882

47,395 babies since 1900

46,897 babies since 1881

46,260 babies since 1913

45,349 babies since 1882

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