Rock
Boy
Rock is a boys' name, meaning “at the oak”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Rock mean?
“at the oak”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rock a girl's or a boy's name?
Rock is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rock in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Rock, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 155 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Rock in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were given Rock or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
- Rook 78
- Rock 17
Rock in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 78 | #855 |
| 1961 | 87 | #816 |
| 1960 | 101 | #761 |
| 1959 | 133 | #661 |
| 1958 | 138 | #653 |
| 1957 | 155 | #617 |
| 1956 | 136 | #649 |
| 1955 | 141 | #624 |
| 1954 | 83 | #787 |
| 1953 | 52 | #998 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
Names like Rock
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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