Raschelle

Girls' name

Variant of Rachelle

Raschelle has been given to 105 babies in the U.S. since 1966. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1987, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Raschelle, 1993

1 in 471,000

Raschelle over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Raschelle: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Rachelle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Raschelle means

Raschelle is a variant of Rachelle.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Raschelle is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ɹə.ˈʃɛl/ and /ˈɹeɪ.t͡ʃəl/ for Raschelle.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Raschelle → Rachelle → Rachel. The family’s proposed meaning is “ewe”, recorded in English with the source elements rāḫēl.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rachelle.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 105 girls were recorded with the name Raschelle between 1966 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1987; its best national rank was #5,674 in 1966.

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 Raschelle?

Raschelle had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 471,000; 8 of 3,768,729 births
Among girls only: 1 in 226,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 326,537 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Raschelle 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 1993 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 326,537 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raschelle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raschelles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raschelle was born before 1981 — so the typical Raschelle is around 44 today.

Median birth year: 1981; About 44 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 49.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 105; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 49.5% of all recorded uses (52).

Is Raschelle 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1987 (11)
Years since peak: 38; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,674; 1966

Spellings of Raschelle

Raschelle is not the most common spelling — Rochelle is, with 42.2% against Raschelle's 0.09%.

Rochelle42.2%46,994
Rachelle30.5%33,933
Richelle7.6%8,456
Rachell3.6%3,976
Rachele3.0%3,316
Machelle2.9%3,178
Lachelle2.2%2,442
Marchelle1.5%1,643

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.

Raschelle around the world

Where Raschelle 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.

South Australia
1998–1998
#710
in 1998

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Raschelle by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,674; 1966
Peak year: 1987; 11 that year
First recorded: 1966
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 105
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Raschelle

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

Sibling names for Raschelle

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

Shantell Janay Ashely Kassie Anthony Kyle Cody Domonique

For a brother

Derik Derrell Darell Whitney Shea Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick

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