Rorke is a variant of Roark. One interpretation is “a champion.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rorke through the years
Babies since 1880
47
47 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2016
14 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−82%
Cooling
Rorke in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2013–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.