Rachel Factsheet

Meaning
Hebrew - 'ewe'

England and Wales statistics
Anglo-Saxon record: no entries
13th century: no entries
Earliest birth record: Rachel Jonsun (b. 1543)
1550-1690: High: #19 (1550); Low: no entries (1560-1690); absent for most of period
1840-1905: High: #43 (1840); Low: #155 (1905); decline over period
1914-1994: High: #9 (1984); Low: no entries (1914-54); sharp rise and fall
2004: #63
2008: #117
2011: #190 (271 births)

US statistics
1880-2011: High: #9 (1996); Low: #202 (1951); slow fall, quick rise, gradual fall
2011: #117 (2614 births)