Boys' name · since 1978
Rourke
Rourke has 355 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,678 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,853 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 355
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rourke currently ranks #7853 among boys' names in America, with 355 babies recorded since 1978.
Rourke has 355 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7853 as of the latest data, more common than 44% 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.
- #9,678 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,853 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 355 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rourke ranks #9,678 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,853 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 355 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,678 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,853 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 355
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rourke's 355 recorded births place it above 78.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rourke compares
355 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
Rourke's all-time total is 4% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rourke | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 355 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rourke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rourke's full recorded timeline at 2008, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rourke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Rourke by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (125 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Rourke's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Rourke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 125 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Rourke's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- 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 Rourke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
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 Rourke 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.