Socorro
Girl · soh-KOR-oh · Spanish
Socorro is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “help; succour”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Socorro mean?
Spanish: from the Marian title Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro
“help; succour”
Given in honour of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
- Say it
- soh-KOR-oh
Is Socorro a girl's or a boy's name?
Socorro is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Socorro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Socorro, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1929, with 160 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Socorro in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1998, 82% of the babies named Socorro in the US were girls.
Socorro in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 71 | #1,632 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,770 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,614 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,682 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,602 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,672 |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,464 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,527 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,562 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1967 | 65 | #1,360 |
| 1966 | 70 | #1,291 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,263 |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1963 | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1962 | 89 | #1,158 |
| 1961 | 79 | #1,242 |
| 1960 | 81 | #1,211 |
| 1959 | 110 | #1,004 |
| 1958 | 86 | #1,142 |
| 1957 | 97 | #1,054 |
| 1956 | 76 | #1,193 |
| 1955 | 94 | #1,033 |
| 1954 | 86 | #1,056 |
| 1953 | 91 | #1,008 |
| 1952 | 96 | #953 |
| 1951 | 106 | #870 |
| 1950 | 92 | #926 |
| 1949 | 104 | #858 |
| 1948 | 114 | #809 |
| 1947 | 100 | #882 |
| 1946 | 98 | #832 |
| 1945 | 88 | #803 |
| 1944 | 72 | #900 |
| 1943 | 87 | #832 |
| 1942 | 112 | #704 |
| 1941 | 86 | #779 |
| 1940 | 84 | #762 |
| 1939 | 79 | #766 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 |
| 1937 | 98 | #688 |
| 1936 | 87 | #717 |
| 1935 | 103 | #641 |
| 1934 | 107 | #648 |
| 1933 | 89 | #689 |
| 1932 | 107 | #646 |
| 1931 | 115 | #619 |
| 1930 | 137 | #583 |
| 1929 | 160 | #537 |
| 1928 | 146 | #583 |
| 1927 | 138 | #604 |
| 1926 | 158 | #568 |
| 1925 | 126 | #656 |
| 1924 | 124 | #667 |
| 1923 | 90 | #769 |
| 1922 | 90 | #771 |
| 1921 | 93 | #757 |
| 1920 | 76 | #825 |
| 1919 | 56 | #944 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
Nicknames for Socorro
- Coco 50 girls in the UK in 2025
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