first name
ROCIO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 35,800 people named Rocio, 98.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rocio peaked in 1991, when 480 babies got the name.
At least 13,762 babies have been given the name since 1952. 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.
Rocio by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,025. The largest share of babies named Rocio, 45.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Rocio is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rocio has been most common in California (5.2×), Texas (2.9×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in Georgia (0.26×).
11,575 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 Rocio
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rocio, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rocio ranks #53,213 of 156,621, with 420 people. See Rocio as a last name
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