girls:
46.9k births since 1900
#602 (89th percentile)
boys:
401 births since 1910
#4185 (9th percentile)
overall:
47.3k births since 1900
#1119 (86th percentile)
The name Rochelle is the #1,119 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 47,329 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 85.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #602 (89.5% percentile) for all time with 46,928 births since 1900. For boys, it ranks #4,185 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 401 births since 1910.
Rochelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for girls and 1910 for boys). Birth data for Rochelle is available in 123 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (123 years for girls and 49 years for boys). 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.
The name Rochelle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rochelle reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 69.6% percentile (ranked #233) with 720 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 720 births per million (ranked 69.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1973, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rochelle ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 2.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rochelle reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #645) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 24 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rochelle".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Rochelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.4% confident that Rochelle is pronounced as roh-SHEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-SHEHL, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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