Rocco

What Rocco means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Rocco yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #463 in 2015 to #459 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rocco?

US: Steady: #463 in 2015, #459 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 679 boys got the name (#459 that year). First in the US records in 1891.

How common

• About 1 in 2,516 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,416 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 935 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (1.71 per 1,000 boys), CT (1.67 per 1,000 boys), RI (1.6 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rocco is #459 in the US and #246 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rocco were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ricco8 US · 14 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rocco

Boys

• Joaquin#355Spanish form of Joachim, meaning “may Yahweh raise up”^*
• Franco#746Editor’s note Up from #873 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 in the US
• Maximo#580Editor’s note Up from #853 in 2015 to #580 in 2025 in the US
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Benicio#672Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #672 vs #1,613 in 2025

For a sister

• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Alessandra#443Italian form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rocco’s. Rank is US 2025.