Rockwell

Where Rockwell comes from

The dictionaries list Rockwell as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2017
    Peak, #1,510
    110 babies named Rockwell — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Rockwell hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.