Rockwell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAHK-wel
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,932 for boys
Rockwell is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rook spring”. In 2025 it ranked 1,932nd for boys in the US (80 babies).
What does Rockwell mean?
English: English surname from a place name
“rook spring”
From an English surname; the American painter Norman Rockwell is its best-known bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rockwell a girl's or a boy's name?
Rockwell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rockwell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,932nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 80 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were named Rockwell, making it the 1,932nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,579th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 110 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Rockwell in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rockwell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,932 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,042 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 80 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 95 | #1,710 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,579 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,617 |
| 2017 | 110 | #1,510 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 91 | #1,703 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,062 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Nicknames for Rockwell
- Rock 17 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Rockwell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ryder, Rowan, Legend, Rhodes, Archer, Shepherd, Ridge, Beckett, Hudson, Deacon, Ronan, Raiden
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Rockwell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rockwell, updated 20 October 2026.