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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957boysat 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 1957

girls
#5,377
6 births · 1 in 340,809 girls
boys
#714
109 births · 1 in 19,791 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #5,377Brooks6

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #714Brooks109
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 340,809 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 23.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooks
  1. #4,918Zenia7
  2. #4,918Zonda7
  3. #4,918Zondra7
  4. #5,377Brooks6
  5. #5,377Abbye6
  6. #5,377Adam6
  7. #5,377Adelfa6
  8. #6,086Adrean5
  9. #6,086Agustina5
  10. #6,086Aisha5

Tied with 708 names at #5,377; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 19,791 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 84.3% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooks
  1. #711Booker110
  2. #711Myles110
  3. #711Stacey110
  4. #714Brooks109
  5. #714Felton109
  6. #714Gino109
  7. #714Marcos109
  8. #719Bruno108
  9. #719Carson108
  10. #719Duke108

Tied with 4 names at #714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957