Rockford
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning ford near rocks; a place name used as a given name.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Rockford by the numbers
Rockford was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rockford. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rocklandland with rocks12 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Rockford, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Rockford, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rockford
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