Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rock

#2,629 most common boys' name of all time · #6,321 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#2,629
Rank overall
#6,321 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
2,681
Since 2016
193
Peak year
1957 #618
Best rank
#618 1957
📖The word “rock” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 155/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rock first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 17 17 #5,416
2024 — 20 20 #4,910
2023 — 12 12 #6,931
2022 — 15 15 #5,903
2021 — 21 21 #4,643
2020 — 20 20 #4,721
2019 — 23 23 #4,359
2018 — 16 16 #5,571
2017 — 17 17 #5,322
2016 — 32 32 #3,455
2015 — 30 30 #3,602
2014 — 21 21 #4,566
2013 — 32 32 #3,347
2012 — 21 21 #4,552
2011 — 21 21 #4,527
2010 — 29 29 #3,645
2009 — 30 30 #3,564
2008 — 24 24 #4,159
2007 — 22 22 #4,396
2006 — 26 26 #3,799
2005 — 21 21 #4,216
2004 — 12 12 #6,183
2003 — 13 13 #5,593
2002 — 19 19 #4,203
2001 — 12 12 #5,705
2000 — 22 22 #3,660
1999 — 20 20 #3,718
1998 — 15 15 #4,443
1997 — 9 9 #6,177
1996 — 9 9 #6,047
1995 — 12 12 #4,845
1994 — 20 20 #3,359
1993 — 12 12 #4,747
1992 — 14 14 #4,152
1991 — 11 11 #4,823
1990 — 19 19 #3,203
1989 — 14 14 #3,850
1988 — 18 18 #2,985
1987 — 16 16 #3,107
1986 — 15 15 #3,165
1985 — 17 17 #2,858
1984 — 20 20 #2,465
1983 — 24 24 #2,168
1982 — 11 11 #3,770
1981 — 19 19 #2,516
1980 — 29 29 #1,932
1979 — 23 23 #2,190
1978 — 20 20 #2,311
1977 — 19 19 #2,389
1976 — 15 15 #2,749
1975 — 18 18 #2,395
1974 — 18 18 #2,306
1973 — 26 26 #1,761
1972 — 27 27 #1,697
1971 — 30 30 #1,615
1970 — 18 18 #2,162
1969 — 26 26 #1,629
1968 — 32 32 #1,381
1967 — 32 32 #1,356
1966 — 32 32 #1,358
1965 — 35 35 #1,310
1964 — 50 50 #1,078
1963 — 52 52 #1,066
1962 — 78 78 #861
1961 — 87 87 #824
1960 — 101 101 #763
1959 — 133 133 #665
1958 — 138 138 #656
1957 — 155 155 #618
1956 — 136 136 #652
1955 — 141 141 #627
1954 — 83 83 #794
1953 — 52 52 #1,011
1952 — 34 34 #1,289
1951 — 18 18 #1,822
1950 — 18 18 #1,803
1949 — 12 12 #2,301
1948 — 10 10 #2,546
1947 — 18 18 #1,833
1946 — 5 5 #3,720
1945 — 7 7 #2,884
1944 — 8 8 #2,762
1943 — 6 6 #3,380
1942 — 7 7 #3,094
1941 — 7 7 #3,008
1940 — 10 10 #2,430
1937 — 5 5 #3,737
1936 — 6 6 #3,349
1935 — 7 7 #3,121
1929 — 7 7 #3,392
1924 — 7 7 #3,660
1922 — 6 6 #4,003
1920 — 7 7 #3,635
1918 — 5 5 #4,356
1916 — 6 6 #3,673
1915 — 8 8 #2,967
1913 — 8 8 #2,267