Rock
Rock is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 618th, in 1957.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1957155 births
- Best rank
- #618in 1957
- Since 1913
- 2,664people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,664 boys have been named Rock in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 155 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 34%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rock | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | |
| 1920s | 27 | |
| 1930s | 18 | |
| 1940s | 90 | |
| 1950s | 908 | |
| 1960s | 525 | |
| 1970s | 214 | |
| 1980s | 183 | |
| 1990s | 141 | |
| 2000s | 201 | |
| 2010s | 242 | |
| 2020s | 88 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Rock was the 618th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Rock
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rickypeak 1958
- Randypeak 1956
- Kempeak 1956
- Randalpeak 1958
- Rickeypeak 1958
- Waydepeak 1959
- Rickpeak 1958
- Faronpeak 1956
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.