boys:
941 births since 1924
#3650 (20th percentile)
overall:
941 births since 1924
#6798 (12th percentile)
The name Rockey is the #6,798 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 941 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 12.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,650 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 941 births since 1924.
Rockey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (first recorded for boys in 1924). Birth data for Rockey is available in 56 out of the 100 years between 1924 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, Rockey reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #612) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 23 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rockey ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 14.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rockey".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rockey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Rockey is pronounced as RAH-kee, which has 2 syllables.
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