Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Roark

#6,964 most common boys' name of all time · #17,501 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1948–2025

Rank among boys
#6,964
Rank overall
#17,501 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
539
Since 2016
170
Peak year
2021 #3,930
Best rank
#2,491 1958
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
1960198020002020

Roark first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,202
2024 — 16 16 #5,717
2023 — 10 10 #7,844
2022 — 13 13 #6,541
2021 — 27 27 #3,930
2020 — 20 20 #4,737
2019 — 19 19 #5,000
2018 — 18 18 #5,149
2017 — 16 16 #5,586
2016 — 17 17 #5,377
2015 — 16 16 #5,559
2014 — 17 17 #5,310
2013 — 18 18 #5,025
2012 — 21 21 #4,566
2011 — 14 14 #6,002
2010 — 19 19 #4,889
2009 — 11 11 #7,317
2008 — 9 9 #8,458
2007 — 12 12 #6,716
2006 — 9 9 #8,127
2005 — 11 11 #6,738
2004 — 5 5 #11,642
2003 — 10 10 #6,843
2002 — 5 5 #10,960
2001 — 8 8 #7,705
1999 — 7 7 #8,056
1998 — 9 9 #6,440
1997 — 5 5 #9,553
1996 — 5 5 #9,312
1995 — 7 7 #7,191
1972 — 6 6 #4,741
1970 — 6 6 #4,507
1968 — 6 6 #3,970
1967 — 6 6 #3,850
1966 — 8 8 #3,192
1965 — 9 9 #2,938
1962 — 7 7 #3,568
1961 — 7 7 #3,582
1960 — 9 9 #3,044
1959 — 8 8 #3,234
1958 — 12 12 #2,491
1957 — 6 6 #3,913
1956 — 8 8 #3,186
1955 — 10 10 #2,746
1954 — 6 6 #3,772
1953 — 6 6 #3,745
1952 — 8 8 #3,083
1950 — 8 8 #3,015
1949 — 10 10 #2,605
1948 — 5 5 #4,194