girls:
103 births since 1959
#5613 (2nd percentile)
boys:
942 births since 1914
#3649 (20th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1914
#6694 (13th percentile)
The name Rockie is the #6,694 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,045 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 13.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,649 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 942 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,613 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 1959.
Rockie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1959 for girls). Birth data for Rockie is available in 73 out of the 109 years between 1914 and 2022 (69 years for boys and 14 years for girls). 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 Rockie has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 33.3% of babies named Rockie were boys. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for boys (93.8% boys from 1914 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.4% girls from 2016 to 2022).
For boys, Rockie reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #629) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 19 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Rockie reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #949) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rockie".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rockie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Rockie is pronounced as RAH-kee, which has 2 syllables.
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