Rocket
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Rocket is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rocket”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Rocket mean?
English: English word, from Italian rocchetta 'little spindle'
“rocket”
Stephenson's Rocket of 1829 is one of the most famous early steam locomotives.
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Is Rocket a girl's or a boy's name?
Rocket is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rocket in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Rocket, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Rocket than any year since 2020.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Rocket in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Rocket in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Rocket, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Rocket in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 15% of the babies named Rocket in the US were girls.
Rocket in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
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