Rochell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rochell has been given to 1,711 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.
Babies named Rochell, 2008
1 in 786,000
Rochell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Rochell over time
In 2008, Rochell went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Rochell?
Rochell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2008
- 1 in 786,000
- 5 of 3,930,727 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 378,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2008
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 544,916 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rochell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 544,916 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rochell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rochells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rochell was born before 1972 — so the typical Rochell is around 53 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 28.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 21.1%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,548
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 28.6% of all recorded uses (463).
Is Rochell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1971 (59)
- Years since peak
- 54
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.4% average annual change
Spellings of Rochell
Rochell is not the most common spelling — Rachel is, with 82.1% against Rochell's 0.23%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Rochell is used
Across 1910–2025, Rochell was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 254,293 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Illinois1 in 100,000
- 3Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 4Florida1 in —
- 5Louisiana1 in —
- 6Michigan1 in —
- 7Ohio1 in —
- 8Pennsylvania1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rochell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Rochell around the world
Where Rochell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1988–2000#727in 2000
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Rochell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Rochell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rochell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.