Racquel

#16,698 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Raquel

Racquel has been given to 4,767 babies in the U.S. since 1951. In 2025 it ranked #16,698 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1970, with 193 recorded.

Babies named Racquel, 2025

1 in 663,000

Racquel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Racquel: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Raquel

Hebrew

What Racquel means

Racquel is a variant of Raquel.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Racquel is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ɹə.ˈkɛl/ for Racquel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Racquel → Raquel → Raquel. The family’s meaning is “ewe”, recorded in Spanish with the source elements rakhél.

Origin, language, and formation

Racquel is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Raquel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,762 girls were recorded with the name Racquel between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 193 in 1970; its best national rank was #759 in 1970.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #13,145 in 2020 to #16,698 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,900 in 2015 to #16,698 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Racquel between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1989; its best national rank was #8,913 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Racquel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,698; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Racquel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Racquel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Racquels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Racquel was born before 1987 — so the typical Racquel is around 38 today.

Median birth year: 1987; About 38 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 26.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 15.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 4,762; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 26.6% of all recorded uses (1,267).

Is Racquel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,826; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −3,553; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −8,798; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.33×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 2.6%; Peak was 1970 (193)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #759; 1970

Spellings of Racquel

Racquel is not the most common spelling — Rachel is, with 80.1% against Racquel's 0.66%.

Rachel80.1%573,957
Rachael11.5%82,469
Raquel7.1%50,697
Jacque0.68%4,888
Racquel0.66%4,762

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Racquel is used

Across 1910–2025, Racquel was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 45,012 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Louisiana1 in 14,286
2California1 in 25,000
3Florida1 in 25,000
4New York1 in 25,000
5Michigan1 in 33,333
6Illinois1 in 50,000
7New Jersey1 in 50,000
8Texas1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Racquel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Racquel around the world

Where Racquel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–1998
#3,848
in 1998
Canada
1991–2003
#1,895
in 2003
South Australia
1971–2008
#796
in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Racquel

People whose public names include Racquel, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Racquel SheathSport cyclist
b. 1994

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Racquel in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Racquel. Linked forms have their own page here.

Raquel

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Racquel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,698
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 3,553
Best rank ever: #759; 1970
Peak year: 1970; 193 that year
First recorded: 1951
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 4,762
Count in 2025: 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,913; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 5 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Racquel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rachell Racheal Rachele Samuel Rachelle Rachael Rachal Racine Rachana Raquel Manuel Miguel Jacquel Rachna Rachyl Marquel Rachel Emmanuel Rachiel Raguel Rachella Ricquel Rachale Rachelann

Names with a curve like Racquel

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Racquel, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Shantell Chantell Erinn Jaimee Kindra Danyelle Corie Aaron Charissa Daniele Salina Nikole

Sibling names for Racquel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kerrie Tressa Tonia Michell Nichelle Kandy Danette Sharla

For a brother

Scot Edwardo Tracey Shon Stacey Berry Kelley Tod

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