Rachelanne
A feminine name blending "Rachel" (meaning ewe or lamb) and "Anne" (meaning grace).
Name Census estimates that about 82 living Americans carry the first name Rachelanne. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Rachelanne today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Rachelanne births was 1988 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Rachelanne. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Rachelanne. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
82
~ 1 in 4,179,931 Americans
Peak year
1988
10 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2002 SSA rank
#17,472
Tracked since 1988
Popularity
Rachelanne: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Rachelanne from the 1980s through to the 2000s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 65 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Rachelanne by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Rachelanne during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Rachelannes live
Origin
Meaning and history of Rachelanne
The given name Rachelanne is a portmanteau or combination of the names Rachel and Anne. It is a relatively modern invention, likely originating in English-speaking countries in the 20th century as parents began creating new names by blending traditional ones together.
The name Rachel has Hebrew origins, derived from the biblical figure Rachel, wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the Book of Genesis. Rachel means "ewe" in Hebrew, linking it to ideas of fertility and motherhood. Some of the earliest recorded instances of this name can be found in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Judaic texts.
Anne is a French form of the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favor." It has been a popular name across Europe for centuries, with notable bearers including Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England in the 16th century, and Anne of Green Gables, the titular character in the classic 1908 novel by L.M. Montgomery.
While the name Rachelanne itself does not have a long historical lineage, it incorporates elements from these two traditional names with rich cultural and religious significance. Some notable individuals who have borne this first name include Rachelanne McVey, an American actress born in 1986, and Rachelanne Turner, a Canadian curler born in 1979.
Other historical figures with the first name Rachel include Rachel Carson, the American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring helped launch the modern environmental movement in the 1960s. Rachel Weisz is a modern-day actress from the United Kingdom, born in 1970, who has won an Academy Award and a BAFTA.
Moving further back in time, Rachel Revusky was a 17th-century Jewish businesswoman and moneylender in Poland, while Rachel Felix, born in 1821, was a 19th-century African American educator and activist who established several schools for Black children in the southern United States.
People
Rachelanne + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Rachelanne as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Rachelanne: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rachelanne?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 82 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Rachelanne going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,179,931 US residents.
Is Rachelanne a common name?
We classify Rachelanne as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 85 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Rachelanne most popular?
The single biggest year for Rachelanne was 1988, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Rachelanne is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Rachelanne in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Rachelanne a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Rachelanne in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Rachelanne still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Rachelanne in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Rachelanne can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people have the name Rachelanne?
Find out how many people share the name Rachelanne on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.