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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 91,507 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 67.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,122Vy20
- #4,122Walter20
- #4,122Zina20
- #4,283Brooks19
- #4,283Abbe19
- #4,283Albert19
- #4,283Aleida19
- #4,474Aaren18
- #4,474Aeriel18
- #4,474Aleia18
Tied with 190 names at #4,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 8,153 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 92.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.