Rokisha — girls' name
41 babies named Rokisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Rokisha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rokisha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rokisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Rokisha between 1975 and 1986, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rokisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rokisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rokisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rokisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rokisha 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 41 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.
Rokisha at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rokisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1975
- Peak year (1978)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
41 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 10 births in a single year.
Rokisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 23 births that decade — 56% of Rokisha's all-time total
Rokisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Rokisha's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Rokisha by state
Where Rokisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 12.2% |
5 of 41 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.2% 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, 1975–1986 (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.