first name
SOCORRO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,525 people named Socorro, 94.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 93.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Socorro peaked in 1929, when 176 babies got the name.
At least 7,461 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.
Socorro by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,167. The largest share of babies named Socorro, 26.8%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
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 Socorro is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Socorro has been most common in Arizona (9.9×), New Mexico (9.5×), and Texas (5.2×), and least common in New York (0.32×).
5,861 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 Socorro
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Socorro, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Socorro ranks #29,865 of 156,621, with 840 people. See Socorro as a last name
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