Rocco
Rocco is ranked 500th among boys in 2024 (609 births). Its best rank was 283rd, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- #500up 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6090.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2009785 births
- Best rank
- #283in 1922
- Since 1891
- 30,998people given the name
The story in the numbers
30,998 boys have been named Rocco in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 785 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rocco | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 80 | |
| 1900s | 203 | |
| 1910s | 2,157 | |
| 1920s | 3,316 | |
| 1930s | 1,755 | |
| 1940s | 1,523 | |
| 1950s | 2,199 | |
| 1960s | 1,784 | |
| 1970s | 1,415 | |
| 1980s | 1,368 | |
| 1990s | 1,166 | |
| 2000s | 4,411 | |
| 2010s | 6,657 | |
| 2020s | 2,964 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Rocco was the 385th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Rocco
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nolenpeak 2009
- Aldenpeak 2024
- Angelopeak 2007
- Linuspeak 2017
- Arminpeak 2023
- Graydonpeak 2010
- Constantinepeak 2014
- Maconpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.