Meaning and history
Rocco is a Germanic name possibly derived from hruoh, meaning “crow” or “rook.” It was borne by a 14th-century French saint who cared for plague victims and later caught the disease himself, and he is regarded as the patron saint of the sick.
20062006: 530 births, rank #488
2007: 627 births, rank #446
2008: 707 births, rank #417
2009: 785 births, rank #385
2010: 725 births, rank #392
20112011: 709 births, rank #400
2012: 686 births, rank #415
2013: 693 births, rank #424
2014: 658 births, rank #451
2015: 657 births, rank #463
20162016: 680 births, rank #455
2017: 663 births, rank #456
2018: 610 births, rank #479
2019: 576 births, rank #497
2020: 596 births, rank #491
20212021: 586 births, rank #502
2022: 581 births, rank #512
2023: 592 births, rank #508
2024: 609 births, rank #501
20252025: 679 births, rank #459
Rocco rose from #501 to #459 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2009, with 785 births.