Rocco
Boy · ROK-oh · Germanic
Rocco is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 249th for boys in the UK (213 babies) and 459th for boys in the US (679 babies).
What does Rocco mean?
Germanic: Italian form of Roch (Rochus)
The Italian form of St Roch, a 14th-century pilgrim who was invoked against plague.
- Say it
- ROK-oh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rocco a girl's or a boy's name?
Rocco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 213 boys in the UK and 679 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rocco in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #249among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 213about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 213 boys in the UK were named Rocco, making it the 249th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 170th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 508 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rocco in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 246th in England and Wales and 198th in Scotland.
Rocco in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | #249 |
| 2024 | 198 | #265 |
| 2023 | 243 | #222 |
| 2022 | 281 | #205 |
| 2021 | 332 | #182 |
| 2020 | 352 | #170 |
| 2019 | 317 | #183 |
| 2018 | 375 | #167 |
| 2017 | 508 | #130 |
| 2016 | 487 | #139 |
| 2015 | 449 | #149 |
| 2014 | 470 | #144 |
| 2013 | 461 | #143 |
| 2012 | 341 | #196 |
| 2011 | 307 | #201 |
| 2010 | 333 | #185 |
| 2009 | 199 | #250 |
| 2008 | 258 | #209 |
| 2007 | 194 | #243 |
| 2006 | 135 | #293 |
| 2005 | 127 | #292 |
| 2004 | 106 | #317 |
| 2003 | 60 | #459 |
| 2002 | 47 | #514 |
| 2001 | 38 | #567 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Rocco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #459among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 679about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 679 boys in the US were named Rocco, making it the 459th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 491st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 785 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Rocco than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Rocco in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 696 boys in the US were given Rocco or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #454, up from #459 for this spelling alone.
- Rocco 679
- Rocko 17
Rocco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 679 | #459 |
| 2024 | 609 | #501 |
| 2023 | 592 | #508 |
| 2022 | 581 | #512 |
| 2021 | 586 | #502 |
| 2020 | 596 | #491 |
| 2019 | 576 | #497 |
| 2018 | 610 | #479 |
| 2017 | 663 | #456 |
| 2016 | 680 | #455 |
| 2015 | 657 | #463 |
| 2014 | 658 | #451 |
| 2013 | 693 | #424 |
| 2012 | 686 | #415 |
| 2011 | 709 | #400 |
| 2010 | 725 | #392 |
| 2009 | 785 | #385 |
| 2008 | 707 | #417 |
| 2007 | 627 | #446 |
| 2006 | 530 | #488 |
| 2005 | 443 | #545 |
| 2004 | 439 | #537 |
| 2003 | 299 | #662 |
| 2002 | 225 | #765 |
| 2001 | 238 | #729 |
| 2000 | 118 | #1,163 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | 98 | #1,204 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,058 |
| 1995 | 130 | #967 |
| 1994 | 124 | #993 |
| 1993 | 124 | #962 |
| 1992 | 130 | #933 |
| 1991 | 106 | #1,040 |
| 1990 | 139 | #865 |
| 1989 | 142 | #836 |
| 1988 | 121 | #861 |
| 1987 | 146 | #756 |
| 1986 | 120 | #828 |
| 1985 | 133 | #768 |
| 1984 | 132 | #752 |
| 1983 | 139 | #731 |
| 1982 | 135 | #758 |
| 1981 | 150 | #706 |
| 1980 | 150 | #710 |
| 1979 | 187 | #625 |
| 1978 | 127 | #752 |
| 1977 | 153 | #684 |
| 1976 | 139 | #706 |
| 1975 | 117 | #765 |
| 1974 | 149 | #663 |
| 1973 | 121 | #728 |
| 1972 | 131 | #703 |
| 1971 | 150 | #676 |
| 1970 | 141 | #702 |
| 1969 | 155 | #637 |
| 1968 | 158 | #606 |
| 1967 | 152 | #608 |
| 1966 | 152 | #603 |
| 1965 | 174 | #578 |
| 1964 | 195 | #568 |
| 1963 | 187 | #578 |
| 1962 | 187 | #572 |
| 1961 | 189 | #574 |
| 1960 | 236 | #517 |
| 1959 | 235 | #510 |
| 1958 | 245 | #495 |
| 1957 | 256 | #487 |
| 1956 | 255 | #472 |
| 1955 | 228 | #485 |
| 1954 | 205 | #505 |
| 1953 | 213 | #480 |
| 1952 | 201 | #496 |
| 1951 | 185 | #496 |
| 1950 | 177 | #501 |
| 1949 | 187 | #481 |
| 1948 | 185 | #488 |
| 1947 | 175 | #514 |
| 1946 | 138 | #544 |
| 1945 | 132 | #520 |
| 1944 | 128 | #537 |
| 1943 | 153 | #502 |
| 1942 | 167 | #475 |
| 1941 | 135 | #506 |
| 1940 | 123 | #524 |
| 1939 | 141 | #479 |
| 1938 | 143 | #484 |
| 1937 | 128 | #508 |
| 1936 | 160 | #445 |
| 1935 | 179 | #411 |
| 1934 | 153 | #455 |
| 1933 | 210 | #374 |
| 1932 | 185 | #412 |
| 1931 | 218 | #379 |
| 1930 | 238 | #372 |
| 1929 | 275 | #334 |
| 1928 | 286 | #332 |
| 1927 | 330 | #317 |
| 1926 | 307 | #327 |
| 1925 | 316 | #320 |
| 1924 | 360 | #300 |
| 1923 | 332 | #316 |
| 1922 | 388 | #281 |
| 1921 | 350 | #308 |
| 1920 | 372 | #292 |
| 1919 | 332 | #298 |
| 1918 | 307 | #324 |
| 1917 | 320 | #291 |
| 1916 | 315 | #292 |
| 1915 | 290 | #295 |
| 1914 | 198 | #325 |
| 1913 | 164 | #314 |
| 1912 | 115 | #357 |
| 1911 | 69 | #328 |
| 1910 | 47 | #376 |
| 1909 | 43 | #357 |
| 1908 | 22 | #541 |
| 1907 | 25 | #464 |
| 1906 | 24 | #456 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 14 | #536 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
Nicknames for Rocco
- Rocky 78 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rocco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rocco
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