U.S. baby names · 1880–2025
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Rocco

Rocco climbed for decades and has been a steadily popular name ever since. All-time it's been given to 31,684 U.S. babies, the 926th most common name by sound today, peaking at 785 in 2009, with 679 in 2025.

Rocco has no common alternate spellings by sound.

Rising

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, “National data” baby-names files (1880–2025).