Rockwell
#1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 110 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,801since 1914
Rockwell over time
Rank among boys' names. Rockwell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,932 | 80 |
| 2024 | #2,042 | 74 |
| 2023 | #2,147 | 67 |
| 2022 | #1,938 | 80 |
| 2021 | #1,710 | 95 |
| 2020 | #1,579 | 103 |
| 2019 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #1,617 | 101 |
| 2017 | #1,510 | 110 |
| 2016 | #1,628 | 98 |
| 2015 | #1,703 | 91 |
| 2014 | #2,063 | 68 |
| 2013 | #2,182 | 60 |
| 2012 | #2,517 | 49 |
| 2011 | #3,164 | 35 |
| 2010 | #3,308 | 33 |
| 2009 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
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| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | — | |
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| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Rockwell! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rockwell is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#209 · 1 in 758
- California#2,023 · 1 in 27,018
- Texas#2,593 · 1 in 35,742
Best ever in a state: #171 in Utah, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #209 | 25 | 1 in 758 |
| California | #2,023 | 7 | 1 in 27,018 |
| Texas | #2,593 | 5 | 1 in 35,742 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rockwell
- 110 spots since 2024 (#2,042 → #1,932)
- 353 spots since 2020 (#1,579 → #1,932)
- 229 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #1,932)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2017 at #1,510 (110 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,758 boys born in 2020 were named Rockwell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,510 in 2017, was only 1 in 16,827 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.6% of all boys named Rockwell (714) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 32 | #2,280 (1917) | #2,941 |
| 1920s | 28 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,520 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,147 (1936) | #3,407 |
| 1940s | 74 | #2,386 (1942) | #2,898 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,019 (1950) | #2,764 |
| 1960s | 49 | #2,682 (1969) | #3,457 |
| 1970s | 40 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,341 |
| 1980s | 36 | #4,698 (1985) | #5,938 |
| 1990s | 70 | #4,872 (1992) | #6,784 |
| 2000s | 153 | #4,145 (2008) | #5,710 |
| 2010s | 714 | #1,510 (2017) | #2,177 |
| 2020s | 499 | #1,579 (2020) | #1,891 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rockwell in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 21,825 of them was named Rockwell, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,917Roscoe81
- #1,917Thor81
- #1,917Virgil81
- #1,938Rockwell80
- #1,938Ajay80
- #1,938Arlen80
- #1,938Caison80
- #1,951Amadeo79
- #1,951Brantlee79
- #1,951Damarion79
Tied with 12 names at #1,938; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.