Roark
Boy · ROHRK · Irish
Roark is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Roark mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Ruairc (O'Rourke)
Howard Roark is the uncompromising architect hero of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel The Fountainhead.
- Say it
- ROHRK
Is Roark a girl's or a boy's name?
Roark is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roark in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Roark, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Roark in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roark in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
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