Rockne — boys' name
398 babies named Rockne in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Rockne was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Rockne in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rockne
The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Rockne between 1931 and 2009, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rockne currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rockne performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rockne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rockne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rockne 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 398 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.
Rockne at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rockne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1931
- Peak year (1931)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
398 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 17 births in a single year.
Rockne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 122 births that decade — 31% of Rockne's all-time total
Rockne decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Rockne's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Rockne by state
Where Rockne concentrates geographically — total births since 1931
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 398 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1931–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.