Rocko

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rocko by the numbers

Rocko was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rocko

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Roccorest, repose; german origin name192 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rockyrocky or of the rocks; from Rocco or rock74 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rociodew or dewdrops72 in the US (2017)
  • Rockstone or large boulder17 in the US (2017)
  • Roko7 in the US (2017)
  • Rosko4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Rocko

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