Rochelle Girl
How popular is Rochelle?
#4,545 girl name in 2025
30 baby girls were named Rochelle in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
Rochelle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,545 for girls (▼ 583 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,890 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1969 (1,271 girls) |
| Highest rank | #236 in 1969 |
| First recorded | 1900 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rochelle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rochel family of names ranked #1,098 for girls in 2025 (#1,185 the year before), with 177 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rochel | 147 | 83% |
| Rochelle | 30 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rochelle is most popular
Babies named Rochelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Rochelle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 50 | #1,592 |
| 1910s | 278 | #1,031 |
| 1920s | 420 | #987 |
| 1930s | 2,307 | #287 |
| 1940s | 4,525 | #295 |
| 1950s | 6,885 | #299 |
| 1960s | 9,885 | #236 |
| 1970s | 9,082 | #251 |
| 1980s | 7,294 | #297 |
| 1990s | 4,249 | #376 |
| 2000s | 1,293 | #1,051 |
| 2010s | 521 | #2,614 |
| 2020s | 205 | #3,434 |
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Questions
- Is Rochelle a boy or girl name?
- Rochelle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rochelle were girls.
- How popular is the name Rochelle?
- 30 baby girls were named Rochelle in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
- When was Rochelle most popular?
- Rochelle peaked in 1969, when 1,271 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #236 in 1969.
- How many people are named Rochelle?
- 47,395 babies have been named Rochelle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 40,135 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 55.
- Where is Rochelle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rochelle was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.