Boys' name · since 1949
Rocke
46 babies named Rocke in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
46 boys have been named Rocke since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rocke has 46 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1970.
- #22,805 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 46 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rocke ranks #22,805 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Rocke's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rocke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rocke splits its recorded history at 1956: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rocke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1970
- Peak year (1960)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Rocke by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (21 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Rocke's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Rocke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
21 births
- 1960s
1960s
14 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 21 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Rocke's decade-level peak was the 1950s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rocke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rocke draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.