Boys' name · since 2013
Rorke
47 babies named Rorke in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,650 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
47 boys have been named Rorke since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Rorke recorded 47 times among boys since 2013, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2022.
- #22,650 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 47 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rorke ranks #22,650 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,650 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rorke's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rorke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rorke splits its recorded history at 2017: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rorke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2022
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Rorke by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 89% of the file).
2010s was Rorke's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Rorke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (89% of all-time use).
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- Rorke's decade-level peak was the 2010s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rorke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2013–2022 (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 Rorke 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.