Rook

Boy · recorded 2001–2025

  • #1,959in 2025
  • 1 in 21,898boys in 2025
  • +130%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 130% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2001

0234620012007201320192025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Rook, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20013
20033
20043
20054
20064
20074
20087
20093
201010
201111
201213
201316
201421
201520
201616
201717
201817
201927
202021
202126
202230
202342
202435
202546

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rook isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
78
Rank in 2025
#1,959
How rare
1 in 21,898 boys
Since 2001
715

Most popular in 2025, at 46 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 130% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.