Rachel

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Just interested to know what you think of this name? It seems to have been fairly popular in the 70s/80s but what do you think of it now?
I sometimes think it’s timeless and other times think dated. I do like it though. WYOO

A bit dated yes but still a lovely name.

Like it.

Anything Biblical is pretty timeless. The oldest Rachel I know is 17, so I would never think of it as a 1970s name.

It's my name.

I like it. People do inevitably spell it in some creative ways, including the alternative Rachael as well as Rachelle and Rachele and I'm often called Rebecca. Conversations with Rebecca's reveal that they're often called Rachel, so I think it's that strong R sound, but you will always get people that mess up your name.

I was born in the early 80s and I've seen it coming back recently. Someone I know has daughters aged around 7 and 9 that are Rachel and Sarah. I always thought they stood out as original in a sea of Evie's, Amelia's and Lily's.

My parents original choices were Felicity and Natalie. I do think that my name has a more timeless quality to it than those and it works with whatever age.

Not keen

I like it, it's classic and underused these days but it's one of those names that has never gone completely out of fashion, I know Rachels born in every decade from the 60s to recently. I have a slight preference for the spelling Rachael.

Lovely name.

I love the name Rachel. It was popular in the 80s, but I think it is a classical name that will never really fall out of fashion.

As PP said, it's biblical, so has an established history.

Love it.

I think it's a lovely, timeless name. I was nearly a Rachel but my parents chose another name which is now dated!

It was popular in the 70s/80s, but is a good Old Testsment name, so it’s never going to go away. Definitely due a revival, after decades of diminutive names. I have very positive associations with this name.

I think it’s classy. I like it.

I’d be quite surprised to hear of a baby Rachel though - there are a few in their mid 20s at my workplace (possibly because of Friends) but I don’t know any children with the name.

I really like it and know a baby Rachel (I say baby she's actually 2 now lol how time flys)

I have a 10 year old Rachel. She loves her name and has never met another child with it. Lots of younger adults though.

I love the name Rachel.
It's in a similar camp to Rebecca and Jessica; beautiful names that get overlooked. I have a Rebecca and I always considered Rachel as a name for another DD if we'd had one.

Lovely name. It was the girls name I would have used if my eldest wasnt a boy.

I like it. In Ireland, all the classic names follow roughly the same trajectories of popularity, up or down (if you take out the Irish names), but Rachel is an exception to this rule. In Ireland, since 2003 anyway, Rachel has always been in the top 50 and has only recently left the top 100 here, it was like Hannah or Sarah. But in the UK it has not been up there in the top 50-100 the last 18 or so years. It's interesting to a name nerd!

I like it. It does have that timeless quality. Reminds me of Emma in that sense.

Not my taste at all, mainly due to Rachels I’ve known in my life. The youngest Rachel I know is 4. She is obviously not included in my first statement, I’m not that harsh 😄

Rachel is the best name. It's beyond fashion.

I always think it looks and sounds a bit ugly - 'Rach' especially. It's offensive overall, but not a pretty or interesting name and there's always the spelling issue. An adult Rachael I know misses lots of emails. Personally I would go for Rebecca, but that's the joy of naming...we all like different things.

My daughters name is Rachel. She is almost 23. When I was a child aged 10 or 11 I lived next door to twins called Rachel & Emma and I always said if I ever had a girl I would choose one of those names cos I loved them.
My daughter isn’t crazy about her name though because no matter where she is, primary school, secondary school, university, there has been a million other Rachels in her year hahaha I’m in Ireland and it’s clearly a very popular name here. I still love it though.

I think it's really lovely.

Timeless and rare these days.

Lovely name, long tradition.

Lovely name