Rook
Boy · ROOK · English
Rook is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “crow-family bird; chess castle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,959th for boys in the US (78 babies).
What does Rook mean?
English: English word
“crow-family bird; chess castle”
Names both a bird of the crow family and the chess piece, the latter from Persian rukh via Arabic.
- Say it
- ROOK
Is Rook a girl's or a boy's name?
Rook is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 78 boys in the US.
How popular is Rook in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,959among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were named Rook, making it the 1,959th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. It first appears in the records in 2001. 10 girls were also named Rook in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Rook of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Rook in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were given Rook or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #1,959 for this spelling alone.
- Rook 78
- Rock 17
In 2025, 11% of the babies named Rook in the US were girls.
Rook in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #1,959 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,562 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Rook
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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