Boys' name · since 2014
Rooks
Rooks has 24 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rooks is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 24 have been recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Rooks recorded 24 times among boys since 2014, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, 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 2014 to 2024.
- #27,635 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rooks ranks #27,635 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rooks's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rooks's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rooks's full recorded timeline at 2022, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rooks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Rooks by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Rooks's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Rooks births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (54% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rooks: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2014–2024 (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 Rooks 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.