Rochella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rochella

The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Rochella between 1936 and 1992, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rochella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rochella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rochella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rochella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rochella 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 253 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.