girls:
131 births since 2009
#5585 (2nd percentile)
boys:
29 births since 1953
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
160 births since 1953
#7579 (2nd percentile)
The name Rocklyn is the #7,579 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 160 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,585 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 131 births since 2009. For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 1953.
Rocklyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for boys and 2009 for girls). Birth data for Rocklyn is available in 18 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023 (14 years for girls and 5 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 Rocklyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Rocklyn were girls. Interestingly, until around 2009, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1953 to 2008), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (96.3% girls from 2009 to 2023).
For girls, Rocklyn reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #951) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rocklyn ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 32.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rocklyn reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #637) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rocklyn".
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