How Many People Are Named Rocky?
people named Rocky are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,002 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,134 babies named Rocky in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
920 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ROCCO or other names beginning with a similar sound, or else a nickname referring to a tough person. This is the name of a boxer played by Sylvester Stallone in the movie 'Rocky' (1976) and its five sequels.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rocky, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rocky alive today is about 44 years old, and 39% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rocky first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1957, to 920 babies. In 2025, 563 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rocky has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #240, in 1955. In 2025 it ranked #568.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #568 |
| Best rank | #240 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #272 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rocky alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rocky were born in California than in any other state: about 3,075 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rocky was given 3.4 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.3 times in Idaho and 2.1 times in West Virginia.
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