Girls' name · since 1973
Rocheal
Rocheal has 15 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rocheal sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Rocheal recorded 15 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1988.
- #50,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rocheal ranks #50,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #50,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rocheal's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rocheal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rocheal splits its recorded history at 1985: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births).
Rocheal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1988
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1988.
15 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 5 births in a single year.
Rocheal by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Rocheal's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Rocheal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
Rocheal decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rocheal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rocheal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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