Roche — boys' name
26 babies named Roche in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Roche was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Roche in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roche
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Roche between 1956 and 1982, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roche currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Roche is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roche performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Roche shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roche 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 26 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.
Roche at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roche popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1956
- Peak year (1959)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
26 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 9 births in a single year.
Roche popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1985 (Roche as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Roche accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Roche by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 14 births that decade — 54% of Roche's all-time total
Roche decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Roche's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1956–1982 (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.