Roshell — girls' name
593 babies named Roshell in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Roshell was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Roshell in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roshell
The Social Security Administration has registered 593 babies named Roshell between 1947 and 2008, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roshell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roshell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Roshell 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 Roshell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roshell 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 593 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.
Roshell at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roshell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1947
- Peak year (1971)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
593 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 27 births in a single year.
Roshell popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1975 (Roshell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Roshell accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Roshell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 174 births that decade — 29% of Roshell's all-time total
Roshell decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 160 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Roshell's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Roshell by state
Where Roshell concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 593 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.8% 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, 1947–2008 (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.