Meaning and history
This name comes from the French city La Rochelle, meaning “little rock.” It began to be used commonly as a given name in America in the 1930s, likely influenced by the popularity of actress Rochelle Hudson (1914–1972) and its resemblance to Rachel.
20062006: 94 births, rank #2,081
2007: 74 births, rank #2,509
2008: 101 births, rank #2,042
2009: 86 births, rank #2,270
2010: 69 births, rank #2,614
20112011: 58 births, rank #2,945
2012: 58 births, rank #2,935
2013: 56 births, rank #2,973
2014: 63 births, rank #2,739
2015: 60 births, rank #2,890
20162016: 47 births, rank #3,379
2017: 38 births, rank #3,919
2018: 41 births, rank #3,677
2019: 31 births, rank #4,437
2020: 35 births, rank #4,005
20212021: 45 births, rank #3,435
2022: 31 births, rank #4,472
2023: 27 births, rank #4,873
2024: 37 births, rank #3,963
20252025: 30 births, rank #4,546
Rochelle moved from #875 to #951 for girls between 1998 and 1999. Its highest annual birth count came in 1969, with 1,271 births.