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Rockey

Rockey reached its high-water mark in 1957 at number 1,063, and has been recorded 941 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 2023. About 720 Rockeys are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 61.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

boys named Rockey

By the numbers

Total US births
941
Estimated living today
720
Median age today
61
Peak year
1957
Best rank
1,063rd
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1924

How old the living Rockeys are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 941 babies given the name since 1924, about 720 are alive — 77 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1964 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Where Rockey is most common

Relative to how many babies each state records, Rockey is most concentrated in Texas (6.9×).

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1957

The most popular boys’ names the year Rockey peaked:

All the names of 1957

Related names

Rockey against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.