Rockford
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROK-ferd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Rockford is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rocky ford”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Rockford mean?
English: English-style place name
“rocky ford”
A place name meaning 'rocky ford', also known from The Rockford Files, a 1970s American detective series.
Is Rockford a girl's or a boy's name?
Rockford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rockford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Rockford, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1979, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Rockford in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rockford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Nicknames for Rockford
Names like Rockford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rockford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rockford, updated 20 October 2026.