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How popular is the name Rochelle?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rochelles are alive today.

Rochelle (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 128 babies were given the name, the 290th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak.

The Rochelle you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Rochelles born in England and Wales are between 25 and 34, and there are at least 1,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rochelle - on average, only one in every 175 such rooms contains a Rochelle.

How many babies are named Rochelle each year?

050100200020201996: 1281997: 1281998: 1071999: 602000: 462001: 582002: 522003: 562004: 332005: 332006: 312007: 352008: 172009: 202010: 192011: 222012: 212013: 212014: 102015: 122016: 112017: 102018: 112019: 62020: 92021: 72022: 42023: 92024: 72025: 8actual

Where does Rochelle rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2901997: ranked 2831998: ranked 3301999: ranked 4832000: ranked 5822001: ranked 5042002: ranked 5642003: ranked 5452004: ranked 8212005: ranked 8512006: ranked 9282007: ranked 8822008: ranked 1,5842009: ranked 1,4112010: ranked 1,5202011: ranked 1,3742012: ranked 1,4832013: ranked 1,4842014: ranked 2,4642015: ranked 2,1952016: ranked 2,3672017: ranked 2,5022018: ranked 2,3402019: ranked 3,5412020: ranked 2,6152021: ranked 3,1922022: ranked 4,6462023: ranked 2,6892024: ranked 3,3192025: ranked 3,035

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rochelle per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 128 in 1996
Rochelle: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rochelle most popular?

Rochelle peaked in 1996, when 128 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Rochelle?

At least 1,800 people named Rochelle born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rochelle?

Most living Rochelles are between 25 and 34; the most common age is about 30.

Is Rochelle becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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