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Rock
Rank in 2024
#4,918
Born in 2024
20
Peak year
1957 · #618
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 20 boys were named Rock, about 1 in every 85,766.
- It peaked in 1957 with 155 babies, ranked #618.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 2,664 boys have been named Rock since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Rock per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 47 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 70 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,321 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 400 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 251 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 316 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 259 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach. Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock. As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (“distaff”). Compare Rocker. As an Irish surname, translated from names like Mac Conchairge (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú + carraig, see also McHarg. As a German surname Röck, variant of the personal name Rocco, see Roche. Also as a German surname, from the noun Rock (“skirt gown”). As a French surname, shortened from Roquebrune, Rocquebrune (see Rocque) or Larock.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Rock, CC BY-SA 4.0.