Rock
Rock was the 5566th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 618th with 155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,897 places. More babies were named Rock in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,566 boys, down 737 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1957155 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,681babies recorded
Rock popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,566 | 17 |
| 2020 | #4,829 | 20 |
| 2010 | #3,694 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,731 | 22 |
| 1990 | #3,280 | 19 |
| 1980 | #1,950 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,197 | 18 |
| 1960 | #763 | 101 |
| 1950 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,447 | 10 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,759 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Rock, counting every spelling?
Rock is the most common spelling of a name family that had 25 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 25 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock | 17 | #5,566 | 85 |
| Roc | 8 | #9,528 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Rock?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rock (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rock born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rock.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rock?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Rock are alive today, with a median age of 57; half are between 26 and 68. That makes Rock a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Rock: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rock, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Rock
How popular is the name Rock?
Rock was the 5566th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 618th with 155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,897 places. More babies were named Rock in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Rock a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rock in the US.