Brooke

#313 for girls in 2025, 972 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
2003 · 5,971 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
198,491
since 1934

Brooke over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #43, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#313972
2024#308999
2023#2991,033
2022#2701,181
2021#2621,186
2020#2361,262
2019#2111,441#12,1455
2018#2011,527#10,7606
2017#1931,619#9,6967
2016#1731,871
2015#1502,150
2014#1392,392#10,7176
2013#1152,754
2012#1022,976
2011#863,372
2010#733,706#10,7666
2009#544,798
2008#525,186#8,3249
2007#455,508#4,80819
2006#445,747#7,9989
2005#475,571#6,22612
2004#465,712#4,00522
2003#435,971#6,71510
2002#525,338#7,6438
2001#575,213#6,9359
2000#515,642#5,29713
1999#476,066#4,76214
1998#466,346#4,19716
1997#456,671#5,28811
1996#456,724#2,91125
1995#526,377#3,85416
1994#545,973#3,21521
1993#526,161#3,14121
1992#595,771#2,99922
1991#655,551#2,82823
1990#704,990#2,55326
1989#744,148#2,78422
1988#873,416#1,87935
1987#942,955#2,83818
1986#1042,698#2,51021
1985#1022,726#3,21614
1984#992,749#2,03626
1983#962,862#1,90528
1982#923,144#1,77432
1981#525,328#1,47942
1980#574,951#1,29152
1979#853,505#1,31949
1978#1152,533#1,41043
1977#1501,871#1,45040
1976#1751,463#1,41140
1975#2081,182#1,20849
1974#260964#1,35140
1973#302771#1,08256
1972#321736#1,17748
1971#347729#1,23545
1970#345758#1,05160
1969#480403#1,19843
1968#527326#1,25037
1967#585268#1,25336
1966#562286#1,28235
1965#822146#1,40530
1964#940126#1,19941
1963#856149#1,35433
1962#922132#1,23040
1961#987120#1,09751
1960#1,063102#1,29537
1959#1,25673#1,58825
1958#1,28268#1,37032
1957#1,28967#1,54726
1956#1,11685#1,82119
1955#1,22967#1,79119
1954#965101#1,59323
1953#798133#1,76519
1952#1,35151#1,58223
1951#1,30351#1,90416
1950#1,25054#1,94115
1949#1,10467#1,82017
1948#1,42242#1,32330
1947#1,46141#1,78618
1946#1,31843#2,40310
1945#1,26140#1,58118
1944#1,25540#2,19511
1943#1,52730#1,39925
1942#1,16246#1,53721
1941#1,29435#1,58819
1940#1,59124#2,32210
1939#2,9229#2,05012
1938#3,1818#2,8687
1937
1936#3,1476
1935#4,2045#2,02913
1934#3,4497#2,39310
1933#3,0047
1932#3,7765
1931#3,3906
1930#3,0228
1929#3,5596
1928#3,6976
1927#3,1518
1926#3,3857
1925#3,7416
1924#4,3475
1923
1922#3,0149
1921#4,3225
1920#3,2088
1919#2,66510
1918#3,7286
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1914#3,2645
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First appearance
1934

The first year at least five girls were named Brooke! It came in at #3,449, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1935–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Brooke
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#308#313)
  • 77 spots since 2020 (#236#313)
  • 163 spots since 2015 (#150#313)
  • Biggest jump: 553 spots in 1953 (#1,351#798)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1955 (#965#1,229)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 2003 at #43 (5,971 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1987–2011
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1961–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 261
  • Highest: 1 in 261 girls born in 1996 were named Brooke (0.38%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,654 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #43 in 2003, was only 1 in 306 (0.33%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 30.5% of all girls named Brooke (60,630) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s29#2,922 (1939)#3,439
1940s408#1,104 (1949)#1,340
1950s750#798 (1953)#1,184
1960s2,058#480 (1969)#774
1970s14,512#85 (1979)#231
1980s34,977#52 (1981)#86
1990s60,630#45 (1996)#54
2000s54,686#43 (2003)#49
2010s23,808#73 (2010)#144
2020s6,633#236 (2020)#281

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brooke in 1961

girls
#987
120 births · 1 in 16,821 girls
boys
#1,097
51 births · 1 in 41,651 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #987Brooke120

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #1,097Brooke51
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 16,821 of them was named Brooke, which outranked 86.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooke
  1. #983Cary121
  2. #983Evette121
  3. #983Retha121
  4. #987Brooke120
  5. #987Alyce120
  6. #987Charles120
  7. #987Janene120
  8. #993Adrianne119
  9. #993Elissa119
  10. #993Latonya119

Tied with 5 names at #987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 41,651 of them was named Brooke, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooke
  1. #1,078Tammy52
  2. #1,078Trenton52
  3. #1,078Willy52
  4. #1,097Brooke51
  5. #1,097Chaim51
  6. #1,097Deryl51
  7. #1,097Farrell51
  8. #1,108Claudio50
  9. #1,108Dondi50
  10. #1,108Elston50

Tied with 10 names at #1,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961