Meaning and history
Raquel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel. The name rose in popularity on American charts in the late 1960s after actress Raquel Welch (1940–2023) appeared in her first films.
20062006: 604 births, rank #506
2007: 651 births, rank #497
2008: 538 births, rank #573
2009: 465 births, rank #639
2010: 486 births, rank #604
20112011: 449 births, rank #634
2012: 456 births, rank #627
2013: 409 births, rank #690
2014: 404 births, rank #697
2015: 377 births, rank #748
20162016: 336 births, rank #845
2017: 308 births, rank #883
2018: 288 births, rank #928
2019: 309 births, rank #866
2020: 277 births, rank #932
20212021: 296 births, rank #909
2022: 261 births, rank #1,003
2023: 295 births, rank #905
2024: 232 births, rank #1,070
20252025: 209 births, rank #1,120
Raquel rose from #909 to #906 for girls between 2021 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 1,470 births.