girls:
13.2k births since 1952
#1351 (76th percentile)
boys:
426 births since 1971
#4160 (9th percentile)
overall:
13.6k births since 1952
#2243 (71st percentile)
The name Rocio is the #2,243 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,648 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 71.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,351 (76.4% percentile) for all time with 13,222 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #4,160 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 426 births since 1971.
Rocio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Rocio is available in 71 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (71 years for girls and 29 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rocio has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rocio reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 46.7% percentile (ranked #458) with 224 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 225 births per million (ranked 44.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rocio ranks #880 for girls (7.1% percentile) with 41 births per million, which is 18.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rocio reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #731) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rocio".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rocio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.7% confident that Rocio is pronounced as ROH-see-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is roh-SEE-oh, at 46.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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