Rockey

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821

Peak · boys
1957 · 51 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
941
since 1924

Rockey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rockey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,063, 1957boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#10,8216
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#10,7446
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
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1999
1998#9,6315
1997#6,6188
1996
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1994#6,3728
1993#7,6386
1992
1991
1990#5,8238
1989#3,61815
1988#5,2008
1987#6,0896
1986#4,8538
1985#3,40113
1984
1983#3,41112
1982#4,2349
1981#2,68017
1980#2,16224
1979#2,89715
1978#3,21512
1977#2,66516
1976#2,24520
1975#2,45017
1974#4,1907
1973#2,31117
1972#2,81912
1971#2,27917
1970#2,50914
1969#2,68211
1968#2,9079
1967#2,35212
1966#1,89117
1965#1,62523
1964#1,97517
1963#1,48528
1962#1,85219
1961#1,87619
1960#1,19343
1959#1,41631
1958#1,34533
1957#1,06351
1956#1,09248
1955#1,25536
1954#1,46627
1953#1,26135
1952#1,29733
1951#1,48925
1950#1,49924
1949#1,70219
1948#1,94315
1947#2,35611
1946#2,9197
1945#1,77215
1944#3,1096
1943
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1941#3,5055
1940#3,1306
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1924#4,3475
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five boys were named Rockey! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rockey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1957 at #1,063 (51 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 42,299
  • Highest: 1 in 42,299 boys born in 1957 were named Rockey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 36.5% of all boys named Rockey (343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,347 (1924)#4,347
1930s0
1940s84#1,702 (1949)#2,555
1950s343#1,063 (1957)#1,318
1960s198#1,193 (1960)#1,984
1970s147#2,245 (1976)#2,758
1980s112#2,162 (1980)#3,961
1990s35#5,823 (1990)#7,216
2000s0
2010s11#10,744 (2016)#11,426
2020s6#10,821 (2023)#10,821

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.

Rockey in 1955

boys
#1,255
36 births · 1 in 57,219 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,255Rockey36
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 57,219 of them was named Rockey, which outranked 71.5% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rockey
  1. #1,240Richardo37
  2. #1,240Rockie37
  3. #1,240Wendel37
  4. #1,255Rockey36
  5. #1,255Addison36
  6. #1,255Allison36
  7. #1,255Arvin36
  8. #1,273Abram35
  9. #1,273Ardell35
  10. #1,273Broderick35

Tied with 17 names at #1,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955