Fun Facts About the Name Rockwell
- More than 1 thousand babies named Rockwell: U.S. records list 1,802 babies given the name Rockwell from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Rockwell Mean?
Rockwell is an English name of Old English origin. Its usual meaning is 'rock spring' or 'spring by a rock.' It comes from the elements rocc, 'rock,' and wella, 'spring, stream.' The second element refers to a natural spring or watercourse, not to a well in the modern sense. The name was originally a description of a spring or stream near a prominent rock.
The surname Rockwell is habitational: it was taken from one or more English places called Rockwell. The same place-name elements lie behind the surname, and it passed to families associated with such a place.
Rockwell Name History & Origins
Rockwell began as an English place name. In medieval England, a person identified by the place Rockwell could pass that byname to descendants, and over time it became a hereditary family name. The surname is found in England and later in North America.
As a first name, Rockwell is a transferred use of the surname. It is used as a masculine given name in the United States. The American painter and writer Rockwell Kent is an example. The name is also familiar as the surname of the American illustrator Norman Rockwell, but that is a surname use rather than an example of Rockwell as a given name.
How Popular is the Name Rockwell?
Rockwell has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #1,516 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,940 | 80 | 0.0047% |
| 2024 | #2,049 | 74 | 0.0043% |
| 2023 | #2,170 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2022 | #1,947 | 80 | 0.0046% |
| 2021 | #1,719 | 95 | 0.0054% |
| 2020 | #1,589 | 103 | 0.0060% |
| 2019 | #2,103 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2018 | #1,622 | 101 | 0.0056% |
| 2017 | #1,516 | 110 | 0.0059% |
| 2016 | #1,635 | 98 | 0.0052% |
| 2015 | #1,714 | 91 | 0.0047% |
| 2014 | #2,079 | 68 | 0.0035% |
| 2013 | #2,198 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2012 | #2,543 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 2011 | #3,225 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #3,363 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #4,398 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #4,237 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #5,391 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #6,030 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #4,988 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #5,435 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #4,774 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #12,123 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #6,354 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #6,725 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #6,979 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #6,200 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #10,220 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,662 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #6,848 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #9,875 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #4,804 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,844 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #7,016 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #8,255 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,779 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #5,054 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #7,099 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,496 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #7,076 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #5,253 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #5,328 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #4,109 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,346 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,619 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #2,831 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #3,615 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #4,433 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #4,330 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #3,586 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #4,494 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #3,911 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #2,785 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #2,792 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #3,483 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #2,574 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #2,868 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #3,322 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #2,630 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #2,098 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #2,580 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #2,756 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #3,317 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #2,872 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #3,691 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,376 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,184 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #2,499 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #3,087 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1940 | #3,844 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1938 | #3,942 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #3,472 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1934 | #4,119 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #3,567 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #3,395 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1925 | #3,675 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1924 | #4,843 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #3,408 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #3,680 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #2,398 | 12 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #3,022 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1914 | #3,659 | 5 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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