Rochelle
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #7,792
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 1,271 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,994since 1900
Rochelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Rochelle has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,379 | 47 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,973 | 56 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,042 | 101 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,081 | 94 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,533 | 134 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,431 | 144 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,454 | 135 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,203 | 169 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,246 | 159 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,053 | 197 | — | |
| 1999 | #951 | 218 | — | |
| 1998 | #871 | 242 | — | |
| 1997 | #785 | 265 | — | |
| 1996 | #684 | 319 | — | |
| 1995 | #620 | 356 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #545 | 447 | — | |
| 1993 | #489 | 514 | — | |
| 1992 | #446 | 567 | — | |
| 1991 | #409 | 625 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #376 | 696 | — | |
| 1989 | #364 | 707 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #337 | 728 | — | |
| 1987 | #332 | 740 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #347 | 695 | — | |
| 1985 | #347 | 673 | — | |
| 1984 | #335 | 692 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #338 | 683 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #302 | 810 | — | |
| 1981 | #297 | 812 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #321 | 754 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #301 | 792 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #316 | 722 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #331 | 711 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #311 | 739 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #290 | 829 | — | |
| 1974 | #281 | 899 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #251 | 1,007 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #257 | 1,049 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #256 | 1,155 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #260 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1969 | #236 | 1,271 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #256 | 1,049 | — | |
| 1967 | #267 | 1,009 | — | |
| 1966 | #282 | 901 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #297 | 900 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #301 | 948 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #316 | 871 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #293 | 990 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #289 | 1,036 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #310 | 910 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #299 | 919 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #307 | 862 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #325 | 787 | — | |
| 1956 | #313 | 786 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #318 | 728 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #340 | 624 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #354 | 574 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #353 | 544 | — | |
| 1951 | #344 | 537 | — | |
| 1950 | #341 | 524 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #353 | 494 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #356 | 475 | — | |
| 1947 | #365 | 486 | — | |
| 1946 | #356 | 455 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #368 | 364 | — | |
| 1944 | #352 | 383 | — | |
| 1943 | #326 | 465 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #311 | 487 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #302 | 456 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #295 | 460 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #298 | 420 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #287 | 478 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #293 | 451 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #291 | 440 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #425 | 233 | — | |
| 1934 | #660 | 103 | — | |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #1,089 | 49 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,158 | 44 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,252 | 39 | — | |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #1,031 | 49 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rochelle! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rochelle is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#129 · 1 in 505
- Delaware#150 · 1 in 657
- North Dakota#172 · 1 in 724
- Hawaii#184 · 1 in 678
- District of Columbia#196 · 1 in 1,017
Best ever in a state: #44 in Hawaii, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #129 | 14 | 1 in 505 |
| Delaware | #150 | 7 | 1 in 657 |
| North Dakota | #172 | 9 | 1 in 724 |
| Hawaii | #184 | 9 | 1 in 678 |
| District of Columbia | #196 | 13 | 1 in 1,017 |
| Illinois | #201 | 98 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Rhode Island | #204 | 6 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Pennsylvania | #212 | 87 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Nebraska | #215 | 13 | 1 in 1,137 |
| California | #216 | 160 | 1 in 1,095 |
| Kansas | #221 | 17 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Wisconsin | #221 | 27 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Iowa | #222 | 22 | 1 in 1,287 |
| Missouri | #226 | 30 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Minnesota | #233 | 25 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Idaho | #239 | 6 | 1 in 1,055 |
| Michigan | #249 | 54 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Maryland | #256 | 18 | 1 in 1,685 |
| Colorado | #262 | 14 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Indiana | #262 | 26 | 1 in 1,920 |
| Ohio | #263 | 53 | 1 in 1,967 |
| New York | #281 | 92 | 1 in 1,826 |
| Washington | #295 | 16 | 1 in 1,738 |
| New Jersey | #308 | 23 | 1 in 2,553 |
| Connecticut | #325 | 9 | 1 in 2,729 |
| Oregon | #327 | 7 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Tennessee | #338 | 13 | 1 in 2,785 |
| Utah | #345 | 5 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Louisiana | #363 | 16 | 1 in 2,378 |
| Arizona | #372 | 7 | 1 in 2,193 |
| Massachusetts | #377 | 11 | 1 in 4,911 |
| Kentucky | #389 | 9 | 1 in 3,543 |
| Oklahoma | #390 | 7 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Mississippi | #395 | 9 | 1 in 2,758 |
| Florida | #416 | 15 | 1 in 3,338 |
| North Carolina | #418 | 13 | 1 in 3,752 |
| Virginia | #425 | 10 | 1 in 4,016 |
| Texas | #472 | 30 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Georgia | #475 | 10 | 1 in 4,455 |
| Alabama | #550 | 6 | 1 in 5,727 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rochelle
- 583 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #4,546)
- 541 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #4,546)
- 1,656 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #4,546)
- Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1935 (#660 → #425)
- Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1922 (#987 → #1,252)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1969 at #236 (1,271 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1933–1999
- Highest: 1 in 1,327 girls born in 1969 were named Rochelle (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all girls named Rochelle (9,885) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 50 | #1,592 (1903) | #1,818 |
| 1910s | 278 | #1,031 (1918) | #1,272 |
| 1920s | 420 | #987 (1921) | #1,210 |
| 1930s | 2,307 | #287 (1938) | #669 |
| 1940s | 4,525 | #295 (1940) | #338 |
| 1950s | 6,885 | #299 (1959) | #329 |
| 1960s | 9,885 | #236 (1969) | #285 |
| 1970s | 9,082 | #251 (1973) | #285 |
| 1980s | 7,294 | #297 (1981) | #332 |
| 1990s | 4,249 | #376 (1990) | #618 |
| 2000s | 1,293 | #1,053 (2000) | #1,682 |
| 2010s | 521 | #2,614 (2010) | #3,251 |
| 2020s | 205 | #3,435 (2021) | #4,216 |
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.
Rochelle in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 1,948 of them was named Rochelle, which outranked 96.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 236,022 of them was named Rochelle, which outranked 37.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,706Yisroel10
- #2,706Zenon10
- #2,706Zev10
- #2,900Rochelle9
- #2,900Abran9
- #2,900Alexandre9
- #2,900Almon9
- #3,097Abelino8
- #3,097Able8
- #3,097Alessandro8
Tied with 196 names at #2,900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.