Rock

boys:

2.6k births since 1913

#2452 (47th percentile)

overall:

2.6k births since 1913

#5222 (33rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Rock is the #5,222 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,642 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 32.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,452 (46.5% percentile) for all time with 2,642 births since 1913.

Rock first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Rock is available in 95 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Rock reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 22.2% percentile (ranked #512) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 70 births per million (ranked 22.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rock ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 8.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rock".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
2,642
Peak Births
154
Peak Year
1957
First Recorded
1913
Peak Percentile
22.2%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#512
Current Rank
#905
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Rock

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rock. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Rock is pronounced as rahk, which has 1 syllables.

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R AA1 K

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