Rocio
- Pronunciation
- [Ro-cio]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Dew Drops
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Rocio
Rocío is a beautiful Spanish name meaning "dew" or "dew drops," drawn from the Marian title Nuestra Señora del Rocío — Our Lady of the Dew — venerated especially in Andalusia, where the annual pilgrimage to her shrine is one of Spain's most famous religious gatherings. The name therefore carries both a vivid natural image of morning freshness and a deep devotional resonance for Spanish-speaking families, blending the poetic and the sacred in a single graceful word.
With its gentle three-syllable flow and the soft accent near the end, Rocío reads as poetic and unmistakably Hispanic, a name that pairs delicate imagery with cultural and spiritual weight. It stands on its own without need of nicknames, complete in its lyrical simplicity, and feels at once intimate and dignified — a name carried with quiet pride across generations.
In the United States, Rocío first entered the Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and appeared on the list through 2006, reaching its best rank of #779 in its debut year. It stood at #955 in 2006, its final charted year, having accounted for roughly 1,650 births across that period. That concentrated early-2000s presence reflects the name's strong footing within Spanish-speaking communities — a graceful, devotional choice rooted firmly in heritage, and a distinctive one in wider American use.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Rocio
US Popularity History (2000–2006)
Annual US births named Rocio by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 295 girls named Rocio (girl rank #779 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2006, ranked #955 for girls (274 US births). That's 176 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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