Rocky: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced RAH-kee · 2 syllables

Diminutives with -y.

How popular is Rocky?

Rocky was the #568 name in the US in 2025, given to 563 babies. It’s rising: up 87% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1950.

Babies named Rocky in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1950).

Half of US adults named Rocky are older than 55; most are between 24 and 75. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Rocky have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Rocky is pronounced RAH-kee.

Rocky was the #568 name in the US in 2025, given to 563 babies. It’s rising: up 87% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1950.

Half of US adults named Rocky are older than 55. Most are between 24 and 75.