Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Catalan use, Roc shares an earlier linguistic root with Rocco. An origin associated with Rocco is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Catalan use, Roc shares an earlier linguistic root with Rocco. The history of Rocco gives this family its wider story. Rocco’s historical associations include a 14th-century saint, a Frenchman from Montpelier.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Roc through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 287
- 287 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,528 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,528 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 431 as a first name in 2020; 390 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.
Roc’s family of names
Roc shares a linguistic root with Rocco. In Catalan usage, Roc has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Roch. In Catalan usage, Roc has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rocco.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Roc has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roc
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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