Rockford
#8,110 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rockford has been given to 710 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #8,110 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1979, with 20 recorded.
Babies named Rockford, 2025
1 in 332,000
Rockford over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Rockford?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 332,000
- 10 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 171,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #8,110
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 229,791 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rockford sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rockford. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rockfords were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rockford was born before 1981 — so the typical Rockford is around 44 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 18.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 33.4%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 636
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 18.5% of all recorded uses (131).
Is Rockford rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +2,587
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +477
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −3,095
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.53×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 50.0%
- Peak was 1979 (20)
- Years since peak
- 46
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 44.8% average annual change
Rockford around the world
Where Rockford ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia2011–2011#784in 2011
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Rockford by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Rockford
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rockford
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.