Rockie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROK-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Rockie is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Rockie mean?
English: variant of Rocky, from rock or as a pet form of Rocco
The name became widely known through boxer Rocky Marciano and the 1976 film Rocky.
Is Rockie a girl's or a boy's name?
Rockie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rockie in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
Rockie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Rockie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Rockie, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Rockie in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were given Rockie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,240, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
In 1962, 18% of the babies named Rockie in the US were girls.
Rockie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
Nicknames for Rockie
- Rock 17 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Rockie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronnie, Reggie, Frankie, Freddie, Robin, Vinnie, Eddie, Dougie, Ernie, Robbie, Rory, Stanley
Other spellings of Rockie
Names related to Rockie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rockie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rockie, updated 20 October 2026.