Rechelle — girls' name
628 babies named Rechelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Rechelle was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Rechelle in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rechelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 628 babies named Rechelle between 1955 and 2005, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rechelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rechelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rechelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Rechelle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rechelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 628 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rechelle at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rechelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1955
- Peak year (1970)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
628 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 35 births in a single year.
Rechelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 208 births that decade — 33% of Rechelle's all-time total
Rechelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 208 births
- Runner-up 154 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Rechelle's strongest decade
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Rechelle by state
Where Rechelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.0% |
32 of 628 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.