Rook

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 36 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
36
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rook by the numbers

Rook was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rook

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rook. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rockstone or large boulder17 in the US (2017)
  • Roohspirit, soul4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roo9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rooks6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rook

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