girls:
512 births since 1950
#5204 (9th percentile)
overall:
512 births since 1950
#7227 (7th percentile)
The name Rochele is the #7,227 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 512 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,204 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 512 births since 1950.
Rochele first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (first recorded for girls in 1950). Birth data for Rochele is available in 43 out of the 49 years between 1950 and 1998. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Rochele reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #726) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rochele".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rochele. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.9% confident that Rochele is pronounced as roh-SHEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is roh-SHEEL, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like R OW0 SH EH1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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