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How popular is the name Rourke?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rourkes are alive today.
Rourke (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 4608th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2000, when 8 babies were given the name, the 1552nd most popular that year. Rourke is one spelling of a name also recorded as Roark and Roarke; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Rourke you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Rourkes born in England and Wales are between 16 and 32, and there are at least 150 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rourke - on average, only one in every 2,020 such rooms contains a Rourke.
How many babies are named Rourke each year?
Includes all spellings: Rourke, Roark, Roarke. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Rourke spelling rank?
Where does the Roark spelling rank?
Where does the Roarke spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rourke most popular?
Rourke peaked in 1998, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Rourke?
At least 150 people named Rourke in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rourke?
Most living Rourkes are between 16 and 32; the most common age is about 27.
Is Rourke becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.