Rockey
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 941since 1924
Rockey over time
Rank among boys' names. Rockey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
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| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,063 | 51 |
| 1956 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1955 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rockey! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rockey is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#378 · 1 in 4,828
- Texas#918 · 1 in 20,813
Best ever in a state: #378 in Oklahoma, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #378 | 5 | 1 in 4,828 |
| Texas | #918 | 6 | 1 in 20,813 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rockey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1957 at #1,063 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 42,299 boys born in 1957 were named Rockey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 36.5% of all boys named Rockey (343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,347 (1924) | #4,347 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 84 | #1,702 (1949) | #2,555 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,063 (1957) | #1,318 |
| 1960s | 198 | #1,193 (1960) | #1,984 |
| 1970s | 147 | #2,245 (1976) | #2,758 |
| 1980s | 112 | #2,162 (1980) | #3,961 |
| 1990s | 35 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,216 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,426 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
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.
Rockey in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 42,299 of them was named Rockey, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,050Rollie52
- #1,050Sydney52
- #1,050Warner52
- #1,063Rockey51
- #1,063Adolphus51
- #1,063Chaim51
- #1,063Davie51
- #1,075Aron50
- #1,075Derry50
- #1,075Kathy50
Tied with 11 names at #1,063; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.