Given name & surname
Rockwell
“from the rocky spring”
Rockwell is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the rocky spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the rocky spring.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rockwell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,801
- 1,801 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 110 babies
- 2025
- 80
- #1,940 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 80 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,940 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 110 in 2017. In 2025, Utah had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,194 as a first name in 2020; 11,824 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rockwell’s family of names
Rockwell has a related form in Rockwel. Rockwell has a related form in Rokwel. Rockwell has a related form in Rokwell.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rockwell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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