first name
ROCCO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,056 people named Rocco, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 11.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rocco peaked in 2009, when 785 babies got the name.
At least 31,684 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rocco by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #677. The largest share of babies named Rocco, 25.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rocco is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rocco has been most common in New Jersey (4.5×), Connecticut (4×), and New York (3.4×), and least common in Louisiana (0.07×).
28,434 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Rocco
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rocco, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rocco ranks #5,440 of 156,621, with 6,191 people. See Rocco as a last name
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