How Many People Are Named Rochester?
people named Rochester are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,847,485 people in the US has this name
Based on 463 babies named Rochester in Social Security records from 1914 to 1971, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rochester in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rochester alive today is about 73 years old, and 97% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rochester first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1944, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1971.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 1971
🏆 Rank History
Rochester has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,470, in 1944.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,470 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,916 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rochester alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rochester were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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