Rocco

Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422 · #459 for boys in 2025, 679 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1922 · 388 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,679
since 1891

Rocco over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rocco has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #281, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#459679
2024—#501609
2023—#508592
2022—#512581
2021—#502586
2020—#491596
2019—#497576
2018—#479610
2017—#456663
2016—#455680
2015—#463657
2014—#451658
2013—#424693
2012—#415686
2011—#400709
2010—#392725
2009—#385785
2008—#417707
2007—#446627
2006—#488530
2005—#545443
2004—#537439
2003—#662299
2002—#766225
2001—#730238
2000—#1,165118
1999—#1,25998
1998—#1,205102
1997—#1,20798
1996—#1,060115
1995—#970130
1994—#997124
1993—#965124
1992—#936130
1991—#1,046106
1990—#869139
1989—#839142
1988—#862121
1987—#756146
1986—#828120
1985—#768133
1984#10,4225#752132
1983—#731139
1982—#758135
1981—#706150
1980—#710150
1979—#625187
1978—#752127
1977—#684153
1976—#706139
1975—#765117
1974—#663149
1973—#728121
1972—#703131
1971—#676150
1970—#702141
1969—#637155
1968—#606158
1967—#608152
1966—#603152
1965—#578174
1964—#568195
1963—#578187
1962—#572187
1961—#574189
1960—#517236
1959—#510235
1958—#496245
1957—#488256
1956—#473255
1955—#486228
1954—#506205
1953—#481213
1952—#497201
1951—#497185
1950—#502177
1949—#482187
1948—#488185
1947—#514175
1946—#544138
1945—#520132
1944—#537128
1943—#502153
1942—#475167
1941—#506135
1940—#524123
1939—#479141
1938—#484143
1937—#508128
1936—#445160
1935—#411179
1934—#455153
1933—#374210
1932—#412185
1931—#379218
1930—#372238
1929—#334275
1928—#332286
1927—#317330
1926—#327307
1925—#320316
1924—#300360
1923—#316332
1922—#281388
1921—#308350
1920—#292372
1919—#298332
1918—#324307
1917—#291320
1916—#292315
1915—#295290
1914—#325198
1913—#314164
1912—#357115
1911—#32869
1910—#37647
1909—#35743
1908—#54122
1907—#46425
1906—#45624
1905—#52519
1904—#72311
1903—#43022
1902—#68711
1901—#53614
1900—#74312
1899—#50215
1898—#8857
1897—#61512
1896—#59213
1895—#7958
1894—#9546
1893—#9076
1892—#7928
1891—#9635
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Rocco! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rocco is popular in 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Rocco
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#501 → #459)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#491 → #459)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#463 → #459)
  • Biggest jump: 435 spots in 2001 (#1,165 → #730)
  • Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1904 (#430 → #723)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1922 at #281 (388 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 129 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1891–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,516
  • Highest: 1 in 2,516 boys born in 2025 were named Rocco (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #281 in 1922, was only 1 in 2,805 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 21.0% of all boys named Rocco (6,657) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s80#502 (1899)#778
1900s203#357 (1909)#546
1910s2,157#291 (1917)#320
1920s3,316#281 (1922)#313
1930s1,755#372 (1930)#432
1940s1,523#475 (1942)#509
1950s2,200#473 (1956)#494
1960s1,785#517 (1960)#584
1970s1,415#625 (1979)#700
1980s1,368#706 (1981)#771
1990s1,166#869 (1990)#1,051
2000s4,411#385 (2009)#614
2010s6,657#392 (2010)#443
2020s3,643#459 (2025)#496

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rocco in 1908

boys
#541
22 births · 1 in 7,015 boys

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #541Rocco22
More about 1908

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 7,015 of them was named Rocco, which outranked 65.8% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rocco
  1. #522Stuart23
  2. #522Terry23
  3. #522Valentine23
  4. #541Rocco22
  5. #541Alphonso22
  6. #541Artie22
  7. #541Elwin22
  8. #553Abner21
  9. #553Aron21
  10. #553Artis21

Tied with 11 names at #541; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 634Ludwig#1,200 → #566
  2. ↑ 633Norval#1,345 → #712
  3. ↑ 601Duke#1,345 → #744
  4. ↑ 601Francesco#1,345 → #744
  5. ↑ 601Guss#1,345 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 709Elden#664 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 709Minor#664 → #1,373
  3. ↓ 595Ezell#778 → #1,373
  4. ↓ 595Fleming#778 → #1,373
  5. ↓ 558Bessie#815 → #1,373

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →