Rockland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROK-lund
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Rockland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rocky land”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Rockland mean?
English: place name, as in Rockland County, New York
“rocky land”
Is Rockland a girl's or a boy's name?
Rockland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rockland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Rockland, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the boys named Rockland in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rockland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
Names like Rockland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sevyn, Raiden, Ridge, Deacon, Ronan, Rhodes, Cassian, Legend, Reign, Rowdy, Rayden, Cannon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Rockland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rockland, updated 20 October 2026.