Rocket
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Rocket
Rocket has been used on a number of starbabies in recent years—among its celebrity endorsers are Jamie Oliver, Pharrell Williams, and Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington.
Rocket for boys#4507 US
Starbaby name that might prove too supercharged for real life, but if like director Robert Rodriguez you're interested only in boys' names starting with R, you may need to add Rocket (and Rebel and Racer) to your list.
Musician and fashion director Pharrell Williams named his son Rocket, telling Oprah, "In the same way the Indians named their children after a force or animal or element, we named him after a man-made machine that was meant to go up, meant to ascend."
Pronounced RAH-kit.
As of October 2026, Rocket ranked #17184 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #10021 in 2015.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,051 | 26 | 13.6 |
| 2016 | #4,440 | 23 | 12.1 |
| 2017 | #3,868 | 28 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | #4,193 | 25 | 13.8 |
| 2019 | #4,311 | 24 | 13.4 |
| 2020 | #4,993 | 19 | 11 |
| 2021 | #3,799 | 29 | 16.6 |
| 2022 | #4,162 | 26 | 14.9 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,507 | 23 | 13.5 |
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Famous Rockets
- Rocket Wild Bokan (b. 2014)Both
daughter of singers Beau Bokan of blessthefall and Lights Poxleitner,Bokan
- Rocket Valentino Rodriguez (b. 1995)Boy
son of director Robert Rodriguez
- Rocket Ayer Williams (b. 2008)Boy
son of singer Pharrell Williams
- Rocket Zot Worthington (2015)Boy
son of actor Sam Worthington
- Polly Jane Rocket Adams (b. 1994)Boy
daughter of novelist Douglas Adams
- Jonas Rocket DeLonge (b. 2006)Boy
son of singer Tom DeLonge of Blink,182
- Daisy Rocket Pisapia (b. 2006)Boy
daughter of actress/TV personality Katie Cook and Marc Pisapia
- River Rocket Blue Dallas Oliver (b. 2016)Boy
son of celebrity chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
- Bart RocketBoy
magician
Rocket in pop culture
- Rocket RaccoonBoy
character in "Guardians of the Galaxy"
- RocketBoy
villager in "Animal Crossing" series
- RocketBoy
character in Ingrid Law's "Savvy" and "Scumble"
- Rocket DogBoy
meerkat on TV's "Meerkat Manor"
- "Rocket PowerBoy
" animated series
- "Rocket in my PocketBoy
" TV show
- Team RocketBoy
characters in the Pokemon franchise