Meaning and history
Rocky is a diminutive of Rocco and other names with a similar sound, or a nickname for a tough person. It is also the name of the boxer Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone, in the 1976 film Rocky and its sequels.
20062006: 189 births, rank #980
2007: 216 births, rank #916
2008: 197 births, rank #992
2009: 187 births, rank #1,032
2010: 164 births, rank #1,133
20112011: 186 births, rank #1,025
2012: 188 births, rank #1,032
2013: 197 births, rank #997
2014: 211 births, rank #986
2015: 231 births, rank #925
20162016: 217 births, rank #954
2017: 217 births, rank #958
2018: 237 births, rank #907
2019: 267 births, rank #841
2020: 264 births, rank #860
20212021: 266 births, rank #869
2022: 268 births, rank #884
2023: 263 births, rank #884
2024: 419 births, rank #656
20252025: 520 births, rank #568
Rocky rose from #656 to #568 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1957, with 909 births.