Rourke
Boy · RORK · Irish
Rourke is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Ruarc”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Rourke mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from O Ruairc
“descendant of Ruarc”
The O'Rourkes were the ruling family of the medieval Irish kingdom of Breifne.
- Say it
- RORK
Is Rourke a girl's or a boy's name?
Rourke is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rourke in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rourke in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rourke in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
How popular is Rourke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Rourke, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Rourke in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rourke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
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