Roshelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Roshelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 850 babies named Roshelle between 1952 and 2019, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roshelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roshelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Roshelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Roshelle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roshelle 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 850 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.