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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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.

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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Show by decade
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 1948

girls
#810
114 births · 1 in 14,894 girls
boys
#3,668
5 births · 1 in 350,924 boys

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #810Socorro114

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #3,668Socorro5
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 14,894 of them was named Socorro, which outranked 86.6% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Socorro
  1. #805Sheron115
  2. #805Treva115
  3. #805Zelma115
  4. #810Socorro114
  5. #810Carolina114
  6. #810Kathaleen114
  7. #810Sammie114
  8. #816Charlie113
  9. #816Gaynell113
  10. #816Glinda113

Tied with 5 names at #810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 555Shawn#1,510#955
  2. 549Regena#1,488#939
  3. 491Regenia#1,255#764
  4. 460Mickie#1,228#768
  5. 413Shirleen#1,377#964
Fallers
  1. 408Michaele#859#1,267
  2. 358Marge#969#1,327
  3. 334Ilona#875#1,209
  4. 282Trudi#875#1,157
  5. 248Marylyn#909#1,157

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

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 350,924 of them was named Socorro, which outranked 12.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Socorro
  1. #3,316Yaakov6
  2. #3,316Ygnacio6
  3. #3,316Zackery6
  4. #3,668Socorro5
  5. #3,668Abbie5
  6. #3,668Abbott5
  7. #3,668Abie5

Tied with 531 names at #3,668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 514Arnulfo#1,316#802
  2. 422Lucio#1,394#972
  3. 377Isidro#1,190#813
  4. 363Shawn#923#560
  5. 331Aurelio#1,233#902
Fallers
  1. 400Marshal#1,000#1,400
  2. 390Robby#906#1,296
  3. 333Frances#923#1,256
  4. 324Deane#836#1,160
  5. 321Lenwood#975#1,296

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

See the top 100 for 1948