Rochelle — #3961 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rochelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,966 babies named Rochelle between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rochelle currently holds the #3961 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 1,270 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rochelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 9,885 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Rochelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,458 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Rochelle in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rochelle 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 46,966 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.