Rochester — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rochester

The Social Security Administration has registered 463 babies named Rochester between 1914 and 1971, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rochester currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rochester performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rochester shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rochester in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rochester 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 463 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.