Socorro
The Story of Socorro
As a girl name
Socorro first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1913, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1929: 160 births, good for #537 nationwide. Socorro last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Socorro first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1919, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1929: 16 births, good for #1,933 nationwide. Socorro last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 549 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Socorro
Socorro is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Socorro's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #537. Use the chart and map above to compare Socorro'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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