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Rockwell

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Rockwell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 74 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
740.00% of boys
Peak year
2017110 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1914
1,722people given the name
Babies named Rockwell, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,722 boys have been named Rockwell in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 110 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 41%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Rockwell
1910s32
1920s28
1930s22
1940s74
1950s84
1960s49
1970s40
1980s36
1990s71
2000s153
2010s714
2020s419

In 2017, its biggest year

Rockwell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Rockwell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.