Girls' name · since 1947
Rochel
4,023 babies named Rochel in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,023
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rochel currently ranks #1461 among girls' names in America, with 4,023 babies recorded since 1947.
Rochel has 4,023 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1461 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #2,984 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,461 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,023 born since 1947
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rochel ranks #2,984 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,461 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,023 born since 1947, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,023
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rochel's 4,023 recorded births place it above 95.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Rochel compares
4,023 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rochel's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rochel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,023 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 147 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rochel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rochel's full recorded timeline at 1987, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 147 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rochel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 147
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Rochel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,021 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Rochel's strongest decade.
1,021 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Rochel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 111
1950s
111 births
- 1960s 147
1960s
147 births
- 1970s 270
1970s
270 births
- 1980s
1980s
451 births
- 1990s
1990s
521 births
- 2000s
2000s
792 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,021 births
- 2020s
2020s
695 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,021 births (25% of all-time use).
How Rochel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rochel's total volume
Rochel by state
Where Rochel concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,874 | 46.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,228 | 30.5% |
| #3 | California | | 29 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 12 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.1% |
1,874 of 4,023 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Rochel's data
- Rochel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,021 total births) through the 2020s (695) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Rochels (1,874 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Rochel
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rochel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Rochel 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.