Rocco
Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Rocco is a masculine name of Italian origin. It is thought to derive from the Old German word "hrok", which means to rest or repose. The name is associated with a fourteenth-century Catholic saint, San Rocco, who tended to the ill during a plague. Notable people with the name include:
- Italian
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Rocco
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Rocco is a masculine name of Italian origin. It is thought to derive from the Old German word "hrok", which means to rest or repose. The name is associated with a fourteenth-century Catholic saint, San Rocco, who tended to the ill during a plague. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Germanic
The Story of Rocco
American parents first put Rocco on the record books as a baby boy name in 1891, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 785 Roccos were born — ranking #385 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Roccos. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #505 among baby boy names with 604 births, holding steady (-1%). In total, more than 32K Roccos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Rocco
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About the name Rocco
Rocco is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 32K births in the dataset. Rocco's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #281. Use the chart and map above to compare Rocco's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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