Rochell

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #5,464
Given to girls 94.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1965 · 56 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,619
since 1919

Rochell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #1,489, 1965peak #2,868, 1938girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#17,5045
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2005#16,4625
2004
2003#11,3258
2002#12,1877
2001#11,0208
2000#9,16310
1999#12,6886
1998#7,10413
1997#6,84413
1996#5,53117
1995#5,67716
1994#8,8049
1993#6,26414
1992#5,05119
1991#5,65916
1990#3,90926
1989#4,02024
1988#4,01522
1987#3,98321
1986#3,36026
1985#2,80433
1984#3,42324
1983#2,55235
1982#2,83032
1981#3,25326
1980#2,53737
1979#2,05049
1978#2,39037
1977#2,12444
1976#2,60230
1975#2,23237#5,4645
1974#1,93744
1973#1,66654
1972#1,67453
1971#1,59459#4,9075
1970#1,65356#3,8367
1969#1,64853
1968#1,49158
1967#1,65947
1966#1,71543
1965#1,48956
1964#2,24629#3,6016
1963#1,67247
1962#1,94735
1961#1,87238#4,0655
1960#1,98233
1959#2,10829#3,9885
1958#2,11728#3,9445
1957#2,48621#3,2577
1956#2,32123
1955#2,55319
1954#3,9679
1953#3,26912
1952#3,37211#3,3736
1951#3,7149#3,3646
1950#2,90913
1949#3,6129#3,6905
1948#5,2435
1947#3,24011
1946#3,6658
1945
1944#4,5745#3,4305
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1941#4,4205
1940#3,5037
1939#3,4297
1938#4,3425#2,8687
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1923#3,8226
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1919#3,2199#3,7366
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1917#3,5456
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Rochell! It came in at #3,219, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1965 at #1,489 (56 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 27,004
  • Highest: 1 in 27,004 girls born in 1973 were named Rochell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,489 in 1965, was only 1 in 31,521 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 28.6% of all girls named Rochell (463) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1939
  • Mostly boys until 1938, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s9#3,219 (1919)#3,219
1920s0
1930s12#3,429 (1939)#3,886
1940s50#3,240 (1947)#4,037
1950s174#2,108 (1959)#2,882
1960s439#1,489 (1965)#1,772
1970s463#1,594 (1971)#1,992
1980s280#2,537 (1980)#3,278
1990s149#3,909 (1990)#6,753
2000s43#9,163 (2000)#12,944

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rochell in 1965

girls
#1,489
56 births · 1 in 31,521 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #1,489Rochell56
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 31,521 of them was named Rochell, which outranked 80.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rochell
  1. #1,463Wende57
  2. #1,463Wendie57
  3. #1,463Winnie57
  4. #1,489Rochell56
  5. #1,489Kimberlyn56
  6. #1,489Laure56
  7. #1,489Laurinda56
  8. #1,500Adelina55
  9. #1,500Barrie55
  10. #1,500Chantal55

Tied with 10 names at #1,489; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 723Marni#1,610#887
  2. 654Dionne#1,281#627
  3. 432Marnie#1,016#584
  4. 426Keli#1,383#957
  5. 368Gia#1,334#966
Fallers
  1. 1,326Djuna#738#2,064
  2. 470Djuana#756#1,226
  3. 383Shirl#714#1,097
  4. 297Beverley#955#1,252
  5. 275Dottie#912#1,187

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965