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Name meaning & stats

Rakel

Rakel means “ewe” (Hebrew origin). 305 US babies since 1940, peak 2002. Notable Rakels are 1.4× over-represented as footballers.

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What it means

“ewe”

HebrewSpelling of Raquel

Raquel around the world

  • Ракель · Russian
  • راكيل · Arabic
  • רקל · Hebrew
  • ラケル · Japanese
  • 拉克尔 · Chinese
  • Rachela · Polish
  • Rakel · Icelandic
  • Raakel · Finnish

Famous Raquels

  • Raquel Welch · American actress (1940–2023)

In US birth records

Peak year: 2002

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

305 US babies were named Rakel between 1940 and 2025.

Rakel around the world

  • Norway: 1,612 babies since 1945, peak 2025, No. 121 in 2025
  • Sweden: 320 babies since 1998, peak 2019, No. 329 in 2022
  • France: 35 babies since 1900, peak 2022

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Rakels end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Politician1.2×Low · 5 people
Footballer1.4×Low · 5 people
Writer1.1×Low · 3 people
Actor0.9×Low · 3 people

Among notable women who are footballers, Rakels show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 183 Raquels spell it Rakel

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2002)