Roch — #9996 US boys' name
251 babies named Roch in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Roch was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Roch in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roch
The Social Security Administration has registered 251 babies named Roch between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roch currently holds the #9996 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roch performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Roch shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roch 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 251 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.
Roch at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Roch popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1927
- Peak year (1957)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
Currently ranks #9996 among boys.
251 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 28 births in a single year.
Roch by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 124 births that decade — 49% of Roch's all-time total
Roch decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Roch's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1927–2024 (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.