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

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Peak · girls
1965 · 56 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,619
since 1919

Rochell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #1,489, 1965peak #2,868, 1938girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1999#12,6886—
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1996#5,53117—
1995#5,67716—
1994#8,8049—
1993#6,26414—
1992#5,05119—
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1990#3,90926—
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1975#2,23237#5,4645
1974#1,93744—
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1972#1,67453—
1971#1,59459#4,9075
1970#1,65356#3,8367
1969#1,64853—
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1965#1,48956—
1964#2,24629#3,6016
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1961#1,87238#4,0655
1960#1,98233—
1959#2,10829#3,9885
1958#2,11728#3,9445
1957#2,48621#3,2577
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1952#3,37211#3,3736
1951#3,7149#3,3646
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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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #704 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,129 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,595 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,643 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,336 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rochell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#704 · 1 in 9,129
  2. Pennsylvania#889 · 1 in 18,595
  3. California#1,643 · 1 in 32,336

Best ever in a state: #391 in Mississippi, 1973.

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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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s9#3,219 (1919)#3,219
1920s0——
1930s12#3,429 (1939)#3,886
1940s50#3,240 (1947)#4,037
1950s174#2,108 (1959)#2,882
1960s439#1,489 (1965)#1,772
1970s463#1,594 (1971)#1,992
1980s280#2,537 (1980)#3,278
1990s149#3,909 (1990)#6,753
2000s43#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.

Rochell in 1965

girls
#1,489
56 births · 1 in 31,521 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #1,489Rochell56
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 31,521 of them was named Rochell, which outranked 80.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rochell
  1. #1,463Wende57
  2. #1,463Wendie57
  3. #1,463Winnie57
  4. #1,489Rochell56
  5. #1,489Kimberlyn56
  6. #1,489Laure56
  7. #1,489Laurinda56
  8. #1,500Adelina55
  9. #1,500Barrie55
  10. #1,500Chantal55

Tied with 10 names at #1,489; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965 →