Boy
Rocky
As a boy's name, Rocky is understood to mean "rest; or rocky place". It is not as common as it was in the 1950s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1957.
EtymologyDiminutive of Rocco/Rockwell
EtymologyMeaning "rest"; or "rocky place"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
60
1920s
158
1930s
203
1940s
1,065
1950s
7,041
1960s
4,623
1970s
3,714
1980s
4,389
1990s
1,753
2000s
1,764
2010s
1,624
Peaked in the 1950s · 26,394 total U.S. births since 1900