Socorro
Socorro was the 10805th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked 539th with 160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,059 places. More babies were named Socorro in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,805 girls, up 6,389 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1929160 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,461babies recorded
Socorro popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 549 since 1919.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,805 | 9 |
| 2020 | #17,194 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,163 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,387 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,284 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,516 | 79 |
| 1970 | #1,568 | 62 |
| 1960 | #1,217 | 81 |
| 1950 | #935 | 92 |
| 1940 | #770 | 84 |
| 1930 | #589 | 137 |
| 1920 | #832 | 76 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Socorro, counting every spelling?
Socorro has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Socorro?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Socorro (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Socorro 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Socorro.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Socorro?
About 4,000 people born in the US named Socorro are alive today, with a median age of 59; half are between 42 and 73. That makes Socorro a name most people associate with older generations.
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 Socorro: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Socorro, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Socorro
How popular is the name Socorro?
Socorro was the 10805th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked 539th with 160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,059 places. More babies were named Socorro in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Socorro a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Socorro in the US.