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Baby name
Rachel
Girl
Origin of the name
Rachel comes, through Latin, from the Hebrew Rahel, “ewe.” In the Bible, she is the favorite wife of Jacob and the sister of Leah.
Classic name
573,957births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 13rank at its peak, in 1985
Where babies named Rachel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Rachel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Rachel is most common in Alaska (1.6 times), Utah (1.5) and New Hampshire (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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