Rochelle
- Gender
- Girl
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Rochelle is a girls' name, meaning “rock”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Rochelle mean?
“rock”
A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rochelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Rochelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rochelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Rochelle, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 136 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rochelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Rochelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 37 | #910 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 36 | #845 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 56 | #586 |
| 2002 | 53 | #600 |
| 2001 | 62 | #521 |
| 2000 | 50 | #598 |
| 1999 | 66 | #495 |
| 1998 | 114 | #345 |
| 1997 | 136 | #297 |
| 1996 | 134 | #301 |
How popular is Rochelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Rochelle, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 1,271 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Rochelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rochelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,972 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 86 | #2,270 |
| 2008 | 101 | #2,042 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 134 | #1,533 |
| 2004 | 144 | #1,430 |
| 2003 | 135 | #1,453 |
| 2002 | 169 | #1,202 |
| 2001 | 159 | #1,245 |
| 2000 | 197 | #1,051 |
| 1999 | 218 | #949 |
| 1998 | 242 | #871 |
| 1997 | 265 | #785 |
| 1996 | 319 | #684 |
| 1995 | 356 | #620 |
| 1994 | 447 | #545 |
| 1993 | 514 | #489 |
| 1992 | 567 | #446 |
| 1991 | 625 | #409 |
| 1990 | 696 | #376 |
| 1989 | 707 | #364 |
| 1988 | 728 | #337 |
| 1987 | 740 | #332 |
| 1986 | 695 | #347 |
| 1985 | 673 | #347 |
| 1984 | 692 | #335 |
| 1983 | 683 | #338 |
| 1982 | 810 | #302 |
| 1981 | 812 | #297 |
| 1980 | 754 | #321 |
| 1979 | 792 | #301 |
| 1978 | 722 | #316 |
| 1977 | 711 | #331 |
| 1976 | 739 | #311 |
| 1975 | 829 | #290 |
| 1974 | 899 | #281 |
| 1973 | 1,007 | #251 |
| 1972 | 1,049 | #257 |
| 1971 | 1,155 | #256 |
| 1970 | 1,179 | #260 |
| 1969 | 1,271 | #236 |
| 1968 | 1,049 | #256 |
| 1967 | 1,009 | #267 |
| 1966 | 901 | #282 |
| 1965 | 900 | #297 |
| 1964 | 948 | #301 |
| 1963 | 871 | #316 |
| 1962 | 990 | #293 |
| 1961 | 1,036 | #289 |
| 1960 | 910 | #310 |
| 1959 | 919 | #299 |
| 1958 | 862 | #307 |
| 1957 | 787 | #325 |
| 1956 | 786 | #313 |
| 1955 | 728 | #318 |
| 1954 | 624 | #339 |
| 1953 | 574 | #353 |
| 1952 | 544 | #352 |
| 1951 | 537 | #343 |
| 1950 | 524 | #341 |
| 1949 | 494 | #353 |
| 1948 | 475 | #356 |
| 1947 | 486 | #365 |
| 1946 | 455 | #356 |
| 1945 | 364 | #368 |
| 1944 | 383 | #352 |
| 1943 | 465 | #326 |
| 1942 | 487 | #311 |
| 1941 | 456 | #302 |
| 1940 | 460 | #295 |
| 1939 | 420 | #298 |
| 1938 | 478 | #287 |
| 1937 | 451 | #293 |
| 1936 | 440 | #291 |
| 1935 | 233 | #425 |
| 1934 | 103 | #660 |
| 1933 | 70 | #790 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,371 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,178 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,303 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,354 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,158 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,252 |
| 1921 | 57 | #987 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,075 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,031 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,100 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,190 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rochelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rochelle, updated 20 October 2026.