Rochester
Meaning
surname-style, "rocky fortress"; Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre's brooding love interest
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rochester has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
147 people · the #31,519 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 42
Among people named Rochester living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Rochester
Most people given the name Rochester in the United States were born between 1940 and 1959. The Rochester you meet today is most often in his 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Rochester deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Rochester truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Rochester fits with your family’s names and surname.
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