NameTides

Rockwell

Rockwell was the #1,932 boys' name in the US in 2025 (80 babies), and #2,789 in Canada.

Rockwell as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rockwell as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Rockwell as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,932 (80)—#2,789 (6)
2024#2,042 (74)#5,120 (3)#2,238 (8)
2023#2,147 (67)——
2022#1,938 (80)—#2,052 (8)
2021#1,710 (95)—#2,812 (5)
2020#1,579 (103)—#2,013 (8)
2019#2,081 (69)#4,702 (3)#2,756 (5)
2018#1,617 (101)#4,749 (3)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,510 (110)—#1,623 (11)
2016#1,628 (98)—#1,683 (10)
2015#1,703 (91)—#2,387 (6)
2014#2,063 (68)——
2013#2,182 (60)——
2012#2,517 (49)——
2011#3,164 (35)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,579.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rockwell is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 31,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rockwell by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: #274UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Rockwell (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RockwellCanadaBoys#2,7896
RockwellEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RockwellUSBoys#1,93280