Rocco

A boys’ name of Germanic origin, meaning rest, repose; german origin name.

Babies a year
192
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#459
up from #500
UK popularity
#246
192 babies · up from #259

How Rocco has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#412#484#556201520202025#459

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#463
2016#455
2017#456
2018#482
2019#497
2020#491
2021#502
2022#513
2023#508
2024#500
2025#459

Rocco by the numbers

In 2025, 192 babies in England and Wales were named Rocco. In the US, 661 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 785 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 1920, about 1 in 2,900 American boys born that year was called Rocco.

Names that come from Rocco

Forms of Rocco in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Rockyrocky or of the rocks; from Rocco or rock74 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roquefamous spear; a form of Rocco or Roch28 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rocco. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rociodew or dewdrops72 in the US (2017)
  • Riccopowerful ruler; a form of richard14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rocko8 in the US (2017)
  • Rosco5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Romeopilgrim to Rome260 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Royceson of the king; from roy720 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rocco

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