How Many People Are Named Roark?
An estimated 490 people in the United States have the first name Roark. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Roark peaked in popularity in 2021 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Roark as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Roark paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
490
About 1 in 699,499 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2021
27 births
Total Registered
525
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Roark
Roark is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 525 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Roark as a male name
Ranked #5,825 in 2024
16 male births in 2024
Peak: 2021 (27 births)
Roark: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Roark span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 175 babies were registered. While Roark is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Roark by Decade
How has Roark tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Roark by State
Roark + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Roark as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Roark
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Roark: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Roark?
We estimate approximately 490 people named Roark are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 699,499 Americans share this first name.
Is Roark a common name?
Roark is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 525 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Roark most popular?
Roark reached peak popularity in 2021, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Roark is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Roark a male name?
Roark is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Roark Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Roark Smith, Roark Johnson, Roark Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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