Rocky
#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births · #568 for boys in 2025, 520 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1955 · 858 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 28,687since 1913
Rocky over time
Rank among boys' names. Rocky has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,517 | 43 | #568 | 520 |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 | #656 | 419 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | #884 | 263 |
| 2022 | #4,041 | 36 | #884 | 268 |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | #869 | 266 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #860 | 264 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #841 | 267 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #907 | 237 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #958 | 217 |
| 2016 | — | #954 | 217 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #925 | 231 |
| 2014 | — | #986 | 211 | |
| 2013 | — | #997 | 197 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,032 | 188 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,025 | 186 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,133 | 164 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,032 | 187 | |
| 2008 | — | #992 | 197 | |
| 2007 | — | #916 | 216 | |
| 2006 | — | #980 | 189 | |
| 2005 | — | #967 | 180 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,029 | 159 | |
| 2003 | — | #992 | 160 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,033 | 148 | |
| 2001 | — | #968 | 159 | |
| 2000 | — | #902 | 172 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,049 | 131 | |
| 1998 | — | #981 | 140 | |
| 1997 | — | #948 | 142 | |
| 1996 | — | #922 | 142 | |
| 1995 | — | #779 | 190 | |
| 1994 | — | #802 | 175 | |
| 1993 | — | #730 | 203 | |
| 1992 | — | #752 | 189 | |
| 1991 | — | #700 | 209 | |
| 1990 | — | #657 | 235 | |
| 1989 | — | #664 | 228 | |
| 1988 | — | #530 | 296 | |
| 1987 | — | #503 | 316 | |
| 1986 | — | #425 | 410 | |
| 1985 | — | #423 | 411 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #400 | 426 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #362 | 486 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #323 | 589 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #325 | 592 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #319 | 599 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #302 | 656 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #317 | 553 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #327 | 565 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #383 | 403 |
| 1975 | — | #429 | 334 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #555 | 208 |
| 1973 | — | #523 | 225 | |
| 1972 | — | #520 | 230 | |
| 1971 | — | #525 | 239 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #506 | 254 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #467 | 267 |
| 1968 | — | #488 | 243 | |
| 1967 | — | #459 | 272 | |
| 1966 | — | #438 | 302 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #409 | 371 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #366 | 454 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #339 | 520 |
| 1962 | — | #333 | 561 | |
| 1961 | — | #286 | 730 | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #273 | 858 |
| 1959 | — | #273 | 845 | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #273 | 780 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #252 | 909 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #243 | 890 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #240 | 858 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #247 | 786 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #268 | 684 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #306 | 540 |
| 1951 | — | #349 | 379 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #387 | 300 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #395 | 287 |
| 1948 | — | #462 | 208 | |
| 1947 | — | #502 | 178 | |
| 1946 | — | #652 | 98 | |
| 1945 | — | #654 | 85 | |
| 1944 | — | #861 | 54 | |
| 1943 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1942 | — | #947 | 49 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rocky! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Rocky is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#133 · 1 in 792
- Oregon#195 · 1 in 1,622
- Washington#195 · 1 in 1,673
- Colorado#226 · 1 in 1,963
- Oklahoma#237 · 1 in 2,116
Best ever in a state: #79 in Hawaii, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #133 | 8 | 1 in 792 |
| Oregon | #195 | 10 | 1 in 1,622 |
| Washington | #195 | 16 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Colorado | #226 | 8 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Oklahoma | #237 | 11 | 1 in 2,116 |
| California | #263 | 44 | 1 in 2,737 |
| Florida | #282 | 11 | 1 in 2,652 |
| Indiana | #303 | 9 | 1 in 4,972 |
| Arkansas | #304 | 7 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Kansas | #310 | 5 | 1 in 3,955 |
| Minnesota | #323 | 5 | 1 in 6,988 |
| Michigan | #345 | 11 | 1 in 6,902 |
| Ohio | #345 | 13 | 1 in 7,024 |
| Tennessee | #346 | 8 | 1 in 4,885 |
| North Carolina | #348 | 11 | 1 in 4,587 |
| Texas | #379 | 29 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Missouri | #407 | 5 | 1 in 8,289 |
| Illinois | #414 | 10 | 1 in 9,109 |
| Louisiana | #416 | 7 | 1 in 4,979 |
| Kentucky | #418 | 5 | 1 in 7,204 |
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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 Rocky
- 88 spots since 2024 (#656 → #568)
- 292 spots since 2020 (#860 → #568)
- 357 spots since 2015 (#925 → #568)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1942 (#1,254 → #947)
- Biggest drop: 143 spots in 1996 (#779 → #922)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1955 at #240 (858 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1942–1998
- Highest: 1 in 2,373 boys born in 1957 were named Rocky (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,285 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #240 in 1955, was only 1 in 2,401 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.3% of all boys named Rocky (6,971) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | #2,259 (1916) | #2,732 |
| 1920s | 158 | #1,480 (1929) | #2,138 |
| 1930s | 203 | #1,251 (1933) | #1,629 |
| 1940s | 1,059 | #395 (1949) | #810 |
| 1950s | 6,971 | #240 (1955) | #284 |
| 1960s | 4,578 | #273 (1960) | #386 |
| 1970s | 3,667 | #302 (1979) | #439 |
| 1980s | 4,353 | #319 (1980) | #427 |
| 1990s | 1,756 | #657 (1990) | #832 |
| 2000s | 1,767 | #902 (2000) | #981 |
| 2010s | 2,115 | #841 (2019) | #976 |
| 2020s | 2,000 | #568 (2025) | #787 |
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.
Rocky in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 342,175 of them was named Rocky, which outranked 13.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 822 names at #5,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 6,181 of them was named Rocky, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).