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
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 160 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,912since 1913
Socorro over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,650 | 46 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #2,650 | 46 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #2,356 | 54 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #2,384 | 42 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #2,115 | 48 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #1,632 | 71 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #1,502 | 79 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #1,672 | 57 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #1,464 | 68 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,562 | 62 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,291 | 70 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #1,233 | 79 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #1,158 | 89 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,243 | 79 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,212 | 81 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,143 | 86 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,055 | 97 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,194 | 76 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #1,034 | 94 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #1,057 | 86 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,009 | 91 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #871 | 106 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #859 | 104 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #810 | 114 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #883 | 100 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #833 | 98 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #803 | 88 | — | |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #832 | 87 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #704 | 112 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #779 | 86 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #766 | 79 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #688 | 98 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #717 | 87 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #641 | 103 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #648 | 107 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #689 | 89 | — | |
| 1932 | #646 | 107 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #619 | 115 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #537 | 160 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #583 | 146 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #604 | 138 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #568 | 158 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #656 | 126 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #667 | 124 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #769 | 90 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #771 | 90 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #757 | 93 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #825 | 76 | — | |
| 1919 | #944 | 56 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
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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 1951
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#246 · 1 in 1,365
- Texas#278 · 1 in 1,789
- Arizona#286 · 1 in 1,630
- California#476 · 1 in 5,496
- New York#828 · 1 in 18,714
Best ever in a state: #18 in Arizona, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Mexico | #246 | 7 | 1 in 1,365 |
| Texas | #278 | 57 | 1 in 1,789 |
| Arizona | #286 | 6 | 1 in 1,630 |
| California | #476 | 22 | 1 in 5,496 |
| New York | #828 | 8 | 1 in 18,714 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1929 at #537 (160 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1919–1952
- 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%)
- 17.4% of all girls named Socorro (1,201) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 183 | #944 (1919) | #1,681 |
| 1920s | 1,201 | #537 (1929) | #674 |
| 1930s | 1,003 | #583 (1930) | #677 |
| 1940s | 945 | #704 (1942) | #817 |
| 1950s | 934 | #871 (1951) | #1,025 |
| 1960s | 715 | #1,158 (1962) | #1,327 |
| 1970s | 617 | #1,464 (1974) | #1,608 |
| 1980s | 536 | #1,502 (1980) | #2,105 |
| 1990s | 428 | #2,258 (1990) | #2,931 |
| 2000s | 212 | #3,486 (2001) | #6,340 |
| 2010s | 86 | #8,701 (2010) | #11,563 |
| 2020s | 52 | #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 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 16,989 of them was named Socorro, which outranked 86.0% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #863William108
- #869Mimi107
- #869Raquel107
- #871Socorro106
- #871Georgiana106
- #871Hollis106
- #871Juliette106
- #876Aida105
- #876Elvia105
- #876Evangelina105
Tied with 4 names at #871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 313,806 of them was named Socorro, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).