How rare is the name Roque?

4,536 people in the United States have the first name Roque, about 1 in 66,585. It ranks #4,203 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ROQUE

#4,203

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,536
About
1 in 66,585
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,536 people named Roque, 86.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.2% as White. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roque peaked in 2004, when 54 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
54
In 2025*
15 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,583 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Roque by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #4,156. The largest share of babies named Roque, 23%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#8,67317
1920s#4,985112
1930s#4,76598
1940s#4,213138
1950s#4,199179
1960s#4,156219
1970s#4,204290
1980s#4,803304
1990s#4,957401
2000s#6,397386
2010s#7,853308
2020s#9,716131
Greatest Generation 1901–274.2%
Silent Generation 1928–458.1%
Baby boom 1946–6413.3%
Generation X 1965–8016.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1223%
2013 and later13.4%

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.

Exactly as common as Roque

2 other first names also have 4,536 people.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roque, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Roque ranks #2,059 of 156,621, with 17,108 people. See Roque as a last name

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