How Many People Are Named Socorro?
people named Socorro are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,391 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,461 babies named Socorro in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
176 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "succour, help, relief" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary María del Socorro meaning "Mary of Perpetual Succour".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Socorro, 93.2% were girls and 6.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 95.3% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Socorro alive today is about 56 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Socorro first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1929, to 176 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Socorro has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #539, in 1929. In 2025 it ranked #10,801.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,801 |
| Best rank | #539 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #666 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Socorro alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Socorro were born in California than in any other state: about 1,493 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Socorro was given 17 times as often in Arizona, 10 times in New Mexico and 6.4 times in Texas.
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