Brooks

#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · #64 for boys in 2025, 4,877 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 4,877 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
57,946
since 1880

Brooks over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944boysat peak
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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#2,11788#644,877
2024#2,77561#674,811
2023#2,28880#734,484
2022#2,55469#774,349
2021#2,89258#784,444
2020#2,44171#923,870
2019#3,38846#1103,508
2018#3,49744#1612,379
2017#6,80817#2041,934
2016#4,53131#2331,671
2015#4,29533#2331,652
2014#5,02527#2471,520
2013#6,46219#3021,163
2012#4,83629#359849
2011#6,56419#345878
2010#5,60224#401700
2009#8,88813#488558
2008#10,08411#599419
2007#8,52014#536479
2006#10,61110#597412
2005#6,82017#643339
2004#11,6248#634332
2003#11,3258#703268
2002#7,44414#738236
2001#10,1029#734237
2000#8,53411#705248
1999#6,83614#717229
1998#5,36319#733224
1997#7,28312#650252
1996#8,13210#664249
1995#4,84620#653255
1994#4,68721#645259
1993#4,10025#673233
1992#4,84920#670239
1991#6,58813#692213
1990#8,5019#681221
1989#6,16013#682214
1988#3,80524#683190
1987#4,28319#601229
1986#4,34718#588230
1985#3,85221#508294
1984#4,16618#529263
1983#2,97528#485303
1982#1,87357#401421
1981#1,88757#421391
1980#1,83359#497289
1979#3,90319#618191
1978#3,28323#790115
1977#4,23516#727138
1976#4,61413#748123
1975#3,51419#774114
1974#4,45913#695140
1973#4,58612#689134
1972#4,79311#707128
1971#3,50818#648161
1970#3,43518#672148
1969#4,41811#79495
1968#5,6427#703115
1967#5,4577#703111
1966#3,95911#698112
1965#3,73312#74599
1964#5,0088#751104
1963#3,33615#704121
1962#4,8658#689126
1961#4,8828#671135
1960#4,4379#76998
1959#4,6258#677127
1958#4,8907#80786
1957#5,3776#714109
1956#3,18614#699112
1955#3,37712#720103
1954#3,9679#717101
1953#3,68710#665114
1952#78680
1951#4,3857#73689
1950#3,9628#89359
1949#74984
1948#4,2057#80271
1947#3,7069#72789
1946#82663
1945#4,0256#75366
1944#4,0546#83257
1943#81765
1942#71381
1941#77864
1940#79261
1939#86750
1938#82556
1937#77163
1936#92444
1935#75067
1934#86053
1933#82456
1932#93748
1931#85855
1930#91553
1929#88856
1928#86259
1927#88459
1926#84261
1925#92453
1924#83866
1923#93054
1922#75976
1921#71584
1920#3,9577#74477
1919#83961
1918#74375
1917#4,5945#76168
1916#79760
1915#3,7956#69071
1914#75848
1913#61551
1912#89225
1911#85615
1910#85913
1909#71415
1908#65716
1907#63416
1906#70912
1905#9198
1904#72311
1903#65612
1902#68711
1901#48716
1900#74312
1899#66110
1898#8048
1897#55614
1896#8268
1895#68510
1894#66810
1893
1892#7489
1891#8416
1890#7398
1889#9745
1888#9176
1887#8196
1886#9595
1885#57711
1884#8486
1883
1882#6529
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Brooks was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Brooks
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#67#64)
  • 28 spots since 2020 (#92#64)
  • 169 spots since 2015 (#233#64)
  • Biggest jump: 277 spots in 1913 (#892#615)
  • Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1886 (#577#959)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #64 (4,877 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 2020–2025
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1894–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 350
  • Highest: 1 in 350 boys born in 2025 were named Brooks (0.29%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 46.3% of all boys named Brooks (26,835) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s53#577 (1885)#832
1890s83#556 (1897)#725
1900s129#487 (1901)#693
1910s487#615 (1913)#781
1920s645#715 (1921)#839
1930s545#750 (1935)#853
1940s701#713 (1942)#779
1950s980#665 (1953)#741
1960s1,116#671 (1961)#723
1970s1,392#618 (1979)#707
1980s2,824#401 (1982)#540
1990s2,374#645 (1994)#678
2000s3,528#488 (2009)#638
2010s16,254#110 (2019)#260
2020s26,835#64 (2025)#75

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

Brooks in 1944

girls
#4,054
6 births · 1 in 221,204 girls
boys
#832
57 births · 1 in 23,910 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #4,054Brooks6

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #832Brooks57
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 221,204 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 22.7% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooks
  1. #3,687Zelia7
  2. #3,687Zera7
  3. #3,687Zeta7
  4. #4,054Brooks6
  5. #4,054Acquanetta6
  6. #4,054Adel6
  7. #4,054Adelene6
  8. #4,574Adelmira5
  9. #4,574Adonna5
  10. #4,574Adra5

Tied with 519 names at #4,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 23,910 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 78.7% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooks
  1. #824Rubin58
  2. #824Willam58
  3. #824Willian58
  4. #832Brooks57
  5. #832Allyn57
  6. #832Bryce57
  7. #832Claudie57
  8. #841Antone56
  9. #841Artis56
  10. #841Brady56

Tied with 8 names at #832; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944