Boys' name · since 1943
Rockney
109 babies named Rockney in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 109
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
109 boys have been named Rockney since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rockney has 109 recorded births among boys since 1943, 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 1943 to 1972.
- #16,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 109 born since 1943
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rockney ranks #16,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1943, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 109
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Rockney's 109 recorded births place it above 62.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rockney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rockney's full recorded timeline at 1955, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rockney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1972
- Peak year (1949)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Rockney by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (65 births, 60% of the file).
1950s was Rockney's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Rockney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
28 births
- 1950s
1950s
65 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 65 births (60% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rockney's data
- Rockney's decade-level peak was the 1950s (65 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Rockney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1943–1972 (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 Rockney 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.