Rochelle

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since 1880

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Ro*chelle"

A seaport town in France.

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Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French diminutive form of roche (â€œrockâ€).

A surnameâ€‹.
Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.
A female given name taken up in the 20th century.

Notable Persons Named Rochelle

Rochelle Rao

Rochelle Rao is a model, tv anchor, and model (people). She holds the title Femina Miss India International 2012 and Femina Miss India. Rochelle was given the name Rochelle Maria Rao on November 25th, 1988 in Chennai.

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Rochelle Aytes

Rochelle Aytes is an actress, model, and actor. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2000 to present. Rochelle was born on May 17th, 1976 in Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.

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Rochelle Humes

Rochelle Humes is a singer, songwriter, dancer, and presenter. Rochelle was given the name Rochelle Eulah Eileen Wiseman on March 21st, 1989 in Barking and Dagenham, London, England.

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Rochelle Pangilinan

Rochelle Pangilinan is a pinoy pop, pinoy hip hop, and dance music singing, songwriter, dance, and actor. She has had major accomplishments since 1995. Rochelle was born on May 23rd, 1982 in Malabon. Rochelle is also known as RoC and Riray.

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Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson was an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1930 to 1967. Rochelle was given the name Rochelle Elizabeth Hudson on March 6th, 1916 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. She breathed her last breath on January 17th, 1972.

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Rochelle Perts

Rochelle Perts is a singing. She plays Vocals. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2011 to present. Rochelle was born Rochelle Perts on March 20th, 1992 in Helmond, Netherlands.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Rochelle

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle was a writer. Pierre was given the name Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle on January 3rd, 1893 in Paris. He passed away on March 15th, 1945.

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Karyn Rochelle

Karyn Rochelle is a country music singing and songwriter.

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John of la Rochelle

John was born in 1200 in La Rochelle. John is also known as Jean de la Rochelle. He passed away on February 8th, 1245.

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Dawn Rochelle

Dawn was given the name Dawn Rochelle Warner on December 7th, 1972 in Dexter, Kansas, United States. Dawn is also known as Dawn Rochelle Warner.

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June Rochelle

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Michael D. Rochelle

Michael was born in 1950.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1900	6	6	0
1901	5	5	0
1902	5	5	0
1903	6	6	0
1904	5	5	0
1905	5	5	0
1907	5	5	0
1908	5	5	0
1909	8	8	0
1910	17	12	5
1911	14	14	0
1912	12	12	0
1913	16	16	0
1914	26	20	6
1915	33	33	0
1916	46	41	5
1917	35	35	0
1918	49	49	0
1919	52	46	6
1920	46	41	5
1921	57	57	0
1922	39	39	0
1923	49	44	5
1924	36	36	0
1925	56	50	6
1926	33	28	5
1927	37	37	0
1928	42	42	0
1929	46	46	0
1930	31	31	0
1931	33	33	0
1932	48	48	0
1933	70	70	0
1934	102	102	0
1935	233	233	0
1936	451	440	11
1937	458	451	7
1938	484	478	6
1939	435	420	15
1940	467	460	7
1941	462	456	6
1942	494	487	7
1943	470	465	5
1944	383	383	0
1945	364	364	0
1946	463	455	8
1947	486	486	0
1948	475	475	0
1949	500	494	6
1950	531	524	7
1951	537	537	0
1952	545	545	0
1953	585	575	10
1954	629	622	7
1955	738	729	9
1956	797	785	12
1957	786	786	0
1958	875	864	11
1959	925	917	8
1960	921	911	10
1961	1,045	1,036	9
1962	1,009	991	18
1963	880	871	9
1964	957	948	9
1965	909	900	9
1966	909	901	8
1967	1,009	1,009	0
1968	1,049	1,049	0
1969	1,283	1,270	13
1970	1,180	1,180	0
1971	1,164	1,154	10
1972	1,058	1,049	9
1973	1,017	1,007	10
1974	914	898	16
1975	829	829	0
1976	746	739	7
1977	718	711	7
1978	729	722	7
1979	798	792	6
1980	761	754	7
1981	822	812	10
1982	811	811	0
1983	691	684	7
1984	701	692	9
1985	671	671	0
1986	696	696	0
1987	744	739	5
1988	728	728	0
1989	717	707	10
1990	696	696	0
1991	629	624	5
1992	568	568	0
1993	514	514	0
1994	447	447	0
1995	362	356	6
1996	319	319	0
1997	265	265	0
1998	242	242	0
1999	218	218	0
2000	197	197	0
2001	159	159	0
2002	169	169	0
2003	135	135	0
2004	144	144	0
2005	134	134	0
2006	93	93	0
2007	74	74	0
2008	101	101	0
2009	86	86	0
2010	69	69	0
2011	58	58	0
2012	57	57	0
2013	55	55	0
2014	63	63	0
2015	60	60	0
2016	47	47	0
2017	37	37	0

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Popularity of Rochelle as a first name

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Popularity of Rochelle as a last name

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Rochelle	U.S.
█	White	65.16%	64.26%
█	African American	27.33%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.82%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.93%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.65%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	3.12%	16.26%

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People with the last name Rochelle are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Rochelle

How Popular is the name Rochelle? Rochelle is the 1,037^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Rochelle was the 9,181^st most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Rochelle have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 47,112 babies born with the first name Rochelle in the United States. That's more than enough people named Rochelle to occupy the territory of Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 44,493 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Rochelle? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1900 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
When was Rochelle first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Rochelle is Tuesday, March 25th, 1879.
What year had the most people named Rochelle born? The highest recorded use of the first name Rochelle was in 1969 with a total of 1,270 babies. That's a lot of babies named Rochelle!
Random Rochelle Factoid: According to the 1972 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Rochelle ranks 81^st in popularity as a baby girl's name in South Dakota. Imagine that, 14 babies in South Dakota have the same name as you in 1972.
Weird things about the name Rochelle: Your name in reverse order is Ellehcor. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Hocelerl. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Rochelle? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 3,553 people with the last name Rochelle.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Rochelle? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Rochelle as their last name.