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.

Rockey

#4,981 most common boys' name of all time · #12,334 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1924–2023

Rank among boys
#4,981
Rank overall
#12,334 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
941
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1957 #1,072
Best rank
#1,072 1957
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
19401960198020002020

Rockey first appears in 1924. 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
2023 — 6 6 #11,001
2016 — 6 6 #10,928
2014 — 5 5 #12,319
1998 — 5 5 #9,892
1997 — 8 8 #6,753
1994 — 8 8 #6,525
1993 — 6 6 #7,862
1990 — 8 8 #5,975
1989 — 15 15 #3,683
1988 — 8 8 #5,368
1987 — 6 6 #6,332
1986 — 8 8 #5,009
1985 — 13 13 #3,482
1983 — 12 12 #3,503
1982 — 9 9 #4,368
1981 — 17 17 #2,721
1980 — 24 24 #2,188
1979 — 15 15 #2,953
1978 — 12 12 #3,298
1977 — 16 16 #2,729
1976 — 20 20 #2,292
1975 — 17 17 #2,502
1974 — 7 7 #4,374
1973 — 17 17 #2,365
1972 — 12 12 #2,909
1971 — 17 17 #2,324
1970 — 14 14 #2,571
1969 — 11 11 #2,781
1968 — 9 9 #3,025
1967 — 12 12 #2,434
1966 — 17 17 #1,946
1965 — 23 23 #1,658
1964 — 17 17 #2,026
1963 — 28 28 #1,510
1962 — 19 19 #1,882
1961 — 19 19 #1,935
1960 — 43 43 #1,207
1959 — 31 31 #1,436
1958 — 33 33 #1,366
1957 — 51 51 #1,072
1956 — 48 48 #1,104
1955 — 36 36 #1,271
1954 — 27 27 #1,492
1953 — 35 35 #1,277
1952 — 33 33 #1,322
1951 — 25 25 #1,514
1950 — 24 24 #1,533
1949 — 19 19 #1,750
1948 — 15 15 #2,024
1947 — 11 11 #2,487
1946 — 7 7 #3,137
1945 — 15 15 #1,848
1944 — 6 6 #3,395
1941 — 5 5 #3,942
1940 — 6 6 #3,427
1924 — 5 5 #4,951