Socorro
Masculine · “help”
Socorro is given to both — 549 boys and 6,912 girls since 1880. See Socorro as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Socorro is Spanish for help or succor, a devotional name taken from Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It is three syllables with a rolling double r, and it names a New Mexico town founded on an act of kindness.
How old is the name Socorro?
Socorro first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Socorro alive today was born around 1952, making them about 73 years old. About 300 people named Socorro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Socorro most popular?
Socorro peaked in 1929, reaching #1933 nationally. See the whole 1929 chart.
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Where it comes from
From socorro to Socorro
The story of Socorro
When Juan de Oñate's colonists struggled up the Rio Grande, hungry and exhausted, the people of a Piro pueblo gave them corn, and the Spaniards called the place Socorro, help; the town of Socorro, New Mexico, keeps the name. The devotion behind the girl's name centers on an old Byzantine-style icon in Rome showing the Virgin holding the Christ child, who has turned in fright at angels bearing the instruments of the Passion so quickly that one sandal hangs loose. The name is recorded for a very few boys, but it is a woman's name almost everywhere.
Meaning
help, succor
From Spanish socorro, help or relief, from the Marian title Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
How the name formed
- socorro
- Perpetuo Socorro
- Socorro
Related forms: Socorro · Socorro
Pronouncing Socorro
soh-KOR-oh
Stress on the middle syllable, with a rolled r in Spanish.
Nicknames for Socorro
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1919
- Most boys named
- 192916 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1933reached in 1929
- Change vs 1997
- −12.5%7 in 1998, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Socorro in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Socorro in Spanish — same name
- Socorro in Portuguese — same name
Socorros among us
people named Socorro are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Socorro sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its meaning, help, is clear and kind.
- Coco and Soco are warm short forms.
- It carries a deep devotional tradition.
- English speakers will not roll the r and may stress the first syllable.
- Its strong religious meaning may matter, one way or the other, to the family.
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Frequently asked
- How many Socorros are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Socorro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Socorro in 2025?
- Socorro is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Socorro with classmates?
- Socorro will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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