Rockey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rockey

The Social Security Administration has registered 941 babies named Rockey between 1924 and 2023, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rockey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rockey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rockey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rockey in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rockey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 941 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.