Socorro

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #7,560
Given to girls 92.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1929 · 160 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,912
since 1913

Socorro over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #537, 1929peak #1,933, 1929girlsboys
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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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2025#10,1079—
2024#11,1228—
2023#13,4626—
2022#10,3839—
2021#7,25015—
2020#15,0885—
2019#9,73610—
2018#12,4647—
2017#12,7137—
2016#14,3316—
2015#11,8358—
2014#10,12910—
2013#13,1507—
2012#12,1998—
2011#10,37410—
2010#8,70113—
2009#9,97511—
2008#8,10915—
2007#8,09815—
2006#7,48216—
2005#5,26624—
2004#6,21619—
2003#4,80426—
2002#5,67320—
2001#3,48638—
2000#4,29128—
1999#4,08828—
1998#3,64832#7,5607
1997#2,55650#6,6188
1996#3,30235—
1995#2,65046#7,7926
1994#3,03838#5,45210
1993#2,76843#6,2288
1992#2,65046#7,4226
1991#2,35654#5,9428
1990#2,25856#7,1786
1989#2,81039#5,6158
1988#2,27449#4,45010
1987#2,23648#4,5739
1986#2,38442#4,4579
1985#2,60137#4,6988
1984#1,72663#4,2159
1983#1,77060#4,9077
1982#2,11548#3,69211
1981#1,63271#4,5098
1980#1,50279#4,4958
1979#1,77061#4,0689
1978#1,61466#5,7725
1977#1,68262#5,1236
1976#1,60262#4,4187
1975#1,67257#4,7976
1974#1,46468—
1973#1,52761#4,5056
1972#1,47365—
1971#1,70953—
1970#1,56262#4,2306
1969#1,66752—
1968#1,51956—
1967#1,36065—
1966#1,29170#2,62710
1965#1,26372—
1964#1,31972#3,2827
1963#1,23379#2,67310
1962#1,15889—
1961#1,24379—
1960#1,21281—
1959#1,005110#3,9885
1958#1,14386—
1957#1,05597—
1956#1,19476#2,9698
1955#1,03494#2,30212
1954#1,05786#2,44911
1953#1,00991#2,9058
1952#95496#2,8758
1951#871106#3,3646
1950#92792#2,5809
1949#859104#2,22512
1948#810114#3,6685
1947#883100#2,6719
1946#83398#2,6908
1945#80388—
1944#90072#2,08012
1943#83287#2,40510
1942#704112#2,5239
1941#77986#2,08312
1940#76284#2,17911
1939#76679#3,1136
1938#77581#2,8687
1937#68898#2,33210
1936#71787#3,1476
1935#641103#2,7198
1934#648107#2,7428
1933#68989—
1932#646107#1,99514
1931#619115#3,3906
1930#583137#2,29312
1929#537160#1,93316
1928#583146#2,27013
1927#604138#2,70310
1926#568158#3,7086
1925#656126#2,75510
1924#667124#2,82210
1923#76990#2,77210
1922#77190#2,80110
1921#75793#4,3225
1920#82576—
1919#94456#2,8779
1918#1,07346—
1917#1,40228—
1916#1,94917—
1915#1,80018—
1914#2,26510—
1913#2,3318—
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Socorro! It came in at #2,331, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Socorro is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #207 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,114 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedDEArizona: #21 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 120 girlsAZNew Mexico: #76 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 286 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedHITexas: #251 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,229 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Socorro, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#21 · 1 in 120
  2. New Mexico#76 · 1 in 286
  3. California#207 · 1 in 1,114
  4. Texas#251 · 1 in 1,229

Best ever in a state: #18 in Arizona, 1921.

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Arizona#21331 in 120
New Mexico#76151 in 286
California#207331 in 1,114
Texas#251491 in 1,229
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Socorro
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
  • 4,981 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #10,107)
  • 1,728 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1919 (#1,073 → #944)
  • Biggest drop: 128 spots in 1943 (#704 → #832)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1929 at #537 (160 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1919–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,979
  • Highest: 1 in 6,979 girls born in 1929 were named Socorro (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.4% of all girls named Socorro (1,201) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s183#944 (1919)#1,681
1920s1,201#537 (1929)#674
1930s1,003#583 (1930)#677
1940s945#704 (1942)#817
1950s934#871 (1951)#1,025
1960s715#1,158 (1962)#1,327
1970s617#1,464 (1974)#1,608
1980s536#1,502 (1980)#2,105
1990s428#2,258 (1990)#2,931
2000s212#3,486 (2001)#6,340
2010s86#8,701 (2010)#11,563
2020s52#7,250 (2021)#11,235

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

Socorro in 1928

girls
#583
146 births · 1 in 7,899 girls
boys
#2,270
13 births · 1 in 85,201 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #583Socorro146

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #2,270Socorro13
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 7,899 of them was named Socorro, which outranked 89.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Socorro
  1. #579Fanny149
  2. #581Freida147
  3. #581Johnie147
  4. #583Socorro146
  5. #583Harriette146
  6. #583Myrtis146
  7. #583Pearline146
  8. #587Carolina145
  9. #588Dovie143
  10. #588Juliette143

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 85,201 of them was named Socorro, which outranked 51.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Socorro
  1. #2,162Yancy14
  2. #2,162Zachary14
  3. #2,162Zygmunt14
  4. #2,270Socorro13
  5. #2,270Abbie13
  6. #2,270Alberta13
  7. #2,270Almer13
  8. #2,387Abran12
  9. #2,387Addie12
  10. #2,387Adolphe12

Tied with 116 names at #2,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →