Given name & surname
Coco
“one who offers help and relief”·“one who offers help”
Coco is a form of Socorro. Interpretations include “one who offers help and relief” (Spanish) and “one who offers help” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original SpanishMaría del Socorro
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Coco carries the interpretation “one who offers help and relief.” Coco is a form of Socorro. Interpretations include “one who offers help and relief” (Spanish) and “one who offers help” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Coco is used as a form of Socorro.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Coco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,879
- 0 boys · 1,879 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 105 babies
- 2025
- 78
- #2,334 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 78 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,334 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,607 as a first name in 2020; 3,169 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Coco’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Coco is a diminutive of María. Coco is a form of Socorro. In Spanish usage, Coco is a diminutive of María del Socorro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Coco
- Coco LeeHong Kong singer (1975–2023)
- Coco JonesAmerican actress and singerborn 1998
- Coco RochaCanadian fashion modelborn 1988
- Coco SchumannGerman jazz musician (1924–2018)
- Coco MontoyaAmerican musicianborn 1951
- Coco CrispAmerican baseball playerborn 1979
- Coco FuscoAmerican artist (born 1960)
- Coco MbassiCameroon-French musician.born 1969
- Coco LinHong Kong fencerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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