Rourke
#8,832 most common boys' name of all time · #22,319 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among boys
#8,832
Rank overall
#22,319 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
355
Since 2016
120
Peak year
2012 #5,374
Best rank
#4,692 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Rourke first appears in 1978. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,861 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,524 |
| 2023 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,651 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,988 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,657 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,889 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,229 |
| 2018 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,862 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,388 |
| 2016 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,898 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,710 |
| 2014 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,364 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,374 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,180 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,925 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,378 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,142 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,037 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,596 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,241 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,839 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,869 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,564 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,305 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,675 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,882 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,068 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,692 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,376 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,856 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,611 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,971 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,741 |