How Many People Are Named Rooks?
An estimated 24 people in the United States have the first name Rooks. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 6 years old, and Rooks peaked in popularity in 2022 with 7 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Rooks 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 Rooks paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Rooks is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
24
About 1 in 14,281,431 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
6
years old
Peak Year
2022
7 births
Total Registered
24
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Rooks
Rooks is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 24 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Rooks as a male name
Ranked #12,020 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (7 births)
Rooks: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Rooks span from the 2010s to the 2020s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 13 babies were registered. Rooks remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Rooks by Decade
How has Rooks 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.
Rooks + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Rooks as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Rooks
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Rooks: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rooks?
We estimate approximately 24 people named Rooks 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 14,281,431 Americans share this first name.
Is Rooks a common name?
Rooks is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 43% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 24 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Rooks most popular?
Rooks reached peak popularity in 2022, when 7 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Rooks is approximately 6 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Rooks a male name?
Rooks is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Rooks Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Rooks Smith, Rooks Johnson, Rooks 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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