Rochel — #1693 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rochel

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,875 babies named Rochel between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rochel currently holds the #1693 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 131 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rochel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,021 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rochel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,818 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rochel in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rochel 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 3,875 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.