Boys' name · since 2023
Rookie
Rookie has 27 recorded births since 2023 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,771 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,869 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rookie currently ranks #8869 among boys' names in America, with 27 babies recorded since 2023.
Social Security Administration records show Rookie recorded 27 times among boys since 2023, holding rank #8869 nationally today, ahead of 36% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.
- #26,771 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,869 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rookie ranks #26,771 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,869 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,771 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,869 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rookie's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rookie compares
27 10th 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
Rookie's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rookie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rookie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rookie's full recorded timeline at 2024, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 9 recorded births.
Rookie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Rookie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Rookie's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Rookie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2023–2025 (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 Rookie 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.