Boys' name · since 1978
Roarke
Roarke has 369 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,128 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 369
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
369 babies have been named Roarke since 1978, making it today's #9128 boys' name.
Roarke has 369 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9128 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #9,481 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,128 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 369 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roarke ranks #9,481 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,128 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 369 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,128 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 369
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Roarke's 369 recorded births place it above 79.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Roarke compares
369 49th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roarke's all-time total is 0% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roarke | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 369 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Roarke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Roarke's full recorded timeline at 2007, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Roarke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Roarke by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (131 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Roarke's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Roarke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 131 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Roarke's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Roarke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roarke draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.