Rocquel — girls' name
113 babies named Rocquel in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Rocquel was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Rocquel in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rocquel
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Rocquel between 1968 and 2013, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rocquel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rocquel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rocquel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rocquel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rocquel 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 113 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.
Rocquel at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rocquel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1968
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
113 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 13 births in a single year.
Rocquel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 43 births that decade — 38% of Rocquel's all-time total
Rocquel decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rocquel's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Rocquel by state
Where Rocquel concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 113 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.