Rochell
- Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Last seen for boys in 1975 at #5,464
- Given to girls 94.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,619since 1919
Rochell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,491 | 58 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,715 | 43 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,672 | 47 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,872 | 38 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,868 | 7 |
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| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #3,736 | 6 |
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| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Rochell! It came in at #3,219, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rochell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Rochell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rochell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1965 at #1,489 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 27,004
- Highest: 1 in 27,004 girls born in 1973 were named Rochell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,489 in 1965, was only 1 in 31,521 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 28.6% of all girls named Rochell (463) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1939
- Mostly boys until 1938, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 9 | #3,219 (1919) | #3,219 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,886 |
| 1940s | 50 | #3,240 (1947) | #4,037 |
| 1950s | 174 | #2,108 (1959) | #2,882 |
| 1960s | 439 | #1,489 (1965) | #1,772 |
| 1970s | 463 | #1,594 (1971) | #1,992 |
| 1980s | 280 | #2,537 (1980) | #3,278 |
| 1990s | 149 | #3,909 (1990) | #6,753 |
| 2000s | 43 | #9,163 (2000) | #12,944 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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