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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 4,877 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 57,946since 1880
Brooks over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 | #64 | 4,877 |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 | #67 | 4,811 |
| 2023 | #2,288 | 80 | #73 | 4,484 |
| 2022 | #2,554 | 69 | #77 | 4,349 |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | #78 | 4,444 |
| 2020 | #2,441 | 71 | #92 | 3,870 |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | #110 | 3,508 |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | #161 | 2,379 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #204 | 1,934 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #233 | 1,671 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | #233 | 1,652 |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | #247 | 1,520 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #302 | 1,163 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | #359 | 849 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #345 | 878 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #401 | 700 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #488 | 558 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #599 | 419 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #536 | 479 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #597 | 412 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #643 | 339 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #634 | 332 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #703 | 268 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #738 | 236 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #734 | 237 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #705 | 248 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #717 | 229 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #733 | 224 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #650 | 252 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #664 | 249 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #653 | 255 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #645 | 259 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #673 | 233 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #670 | 239 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #692 | 213 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #681 | 221 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #682 | 214 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #683 | 190 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #601 | 229 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #588 | 230 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #508 | 294 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #529 | 263 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #485 | 303 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 | #401 | 421 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | #421 | 391 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | #497 | 289 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | #618 | 191 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | #790 | 115 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #727 | 138 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #748 | 123 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #774 | 114 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #695 | 140 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #689 | 134 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #707 | 128 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #648 | 161 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #794 | 95 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #703 | 115 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #703 | 111 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #698 | 112 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #745 | 99 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #751 | 104 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | #704 | 121 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #689 | 126 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #671 | 135 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #769 | 98 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #677 | 127 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #807 | 86 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #714 | 109 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #699 | 112 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #720 | 103 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #717 | 101 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #665 | 114 |
| 1952 | — | #786 | 80 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #736 | 89 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #893 | 59 |
| 1949 | — | #749 | 84 | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #802 | 71 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #727 | 89 |
| 1946 | — | #826 | 63 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #753 | 66 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #832 | 57 |
| 1943 | — | #817 | 65 | |
| 1942 | — | #713 | 81 | |
| 1941 | — | #778 | 64 | |
| 1940 | — | #792 | 61 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #825 | 56 | |
| 1937 | — | #771 | 63 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | — | #750 | 67 | |
| 1934 | — | #860 | 53 | |
| 1933 | — | #824 | 56 | |
| 1932 | — | #937 | 48 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #915 | 53 | |
| 1929 | — | #888 | 56 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #884 | 59 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #924 | 53 | |
| 1924 | — | #838 | 66 | |
| 1923 | — | #930 | 54 | |
| 1922 | — | #759 | 76 | |
| 1921 | — | #715 | 84 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #744 | 77 |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #743 | 75 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #761 | 68 |
| 1916 | — | #797 | 60 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #690 | 71 |
| 1914 | — | #758 | 48 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #487 | 16 | |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #64 (4,877 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 2020–2025
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1894–2025
- Highest: 1 in 350 boys born in 2025 were named Brooks (0.29%)
- 46.3% of all boys named Brooks (26,835) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #577 (1885) | #832 |
| 1890s | 83 | #556 (1897) | #725 |
| 1900s | 129 | #487 (1901) | #693 |
| 1910s | 487 | #615 (1913) | #781 |
| 1920s | 645 | #715 (1921) | #839 |
| 1930s | 545 | #750 (1935) | #853 |
| 1940s | 701 | #713 (1942) | #779 |
| 1950s | 980 | #665 (1953) | #741 |
| 1960s | 1,116 | #671 (1961) | #723 |
| 1970s | 1,392 | #618 (1979) | #707 |
| 1980s | 2,824 | #401 (1982) | #540 |
| 1990s | 2,374 | #645 (1994) | #678 |
| 2000s | 3,528 | #488 (2009) | #638 |
| 2010s | 16,254 | #110 (2019) | #260 |
| 2020s | 26,835 | #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 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 215,768 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 40.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,718Zenia10
- #3,718Zeta10
- #3,718Zetta10
- #3,967Brooks9
- #3,967Adah9
- #3,967Adora9
- #3,967Aleene9
- #4,278Adonna8
- #4,278Adriene8
- #4,278Alaina8
Tied with 310 names at #3,967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 20,186 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #714Dwaine103
- #714Forest103
- #716Mervin102
- #717Brooks101
- #717Earle101
- #717Napoleon101
- #717Patricia101
- #722Butch100
- #722Gil100
- #722Isiah100
Tied with 4 names at #717; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.