Rocky — #657 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rocky

The Social Security Administration has registered 28,164 babies named Rocky between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rocky currently holds the #657 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 909 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rocky performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 6,971 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rocky shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,435 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rocky in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rocky 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 28,164 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.