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Rocco

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Rocco is ranked 500th among boys in 2024 (609 births). Its best rank was 283rd, in 1922.

Rank in 2024
#500up 8 from 2023
Births in 2024
6090.04% of boys
Peak year
2009785 births
Best rank
#283in 1922
Since 1891
30,998people given the name
Babies named Rocco, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

30,998 boys have been named Rocco in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 785 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Rocco
1890s80
1900s203
1910s2,157
1920s3,316
1930s1,755
1940s1,523
1950s2,199
1960s1,784
1970s1,415
1980s1,368
1990s1,166
2000s4,411
2010s6,657
2020s2,964

In 2009, its biggest year

Rocco was the 385th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.

Names that rose and fell with Rocco

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.