Rochelle
Rochelle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 236th, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19691,270 births
- Best rank
- #236in 1969
- Since 1900
- 46,966people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,966 girls have been named Rochelle in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 1,270 births.
The name has all but left use: 37 births in 2024, against 1,270 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 21%. It has spent 68 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rochelle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 50 | |
| 1910s | 278 | |
| 1920s | 420 | |
| 1930s | 2,307 | |
| 1940s | 4,525 | |
| 1950s | 6,885 | |
| 1960s | 9,885 | |
| 1970s | 9,082 | |
| 1980s | 7,296 | |
| 1990s | 4,249 | |
| 2000s | 1,293 | |
| 2010s | 521 | |
| 2020s | 175 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Rochelle was the 236th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Rochelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charlettapeak 1968
- Deannapeak 1970
- Lanitapeak 1958
- Andrapeak 1959
- Janeanpeak 1962
- Charonpeak 1973
- Tonitapeak 1965
- Donnettapeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.