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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat 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 2021

girls
#2,892
58 births · 1 in 28,291 girls
boys
#78
4,444 births · 1 in 394 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #2,892Brooks58

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #78Brooks4,444
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 28,291 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 83.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooks
  1. #2,848Yasmina59
  2. #2,848Zarina59
  3. #2,848Zissy59
  4. #2,892Brooks58
  5. #2,892Amaiya58
  6. #2,892Ambar58
  7. #2,892Ariyana58
  8. #2,929Adelaida57
  9. #2,929Alize57
  10. #2,929Anaira57

Tied with 36 names at #2,892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 437Raya#932#495
  2. 396Wrenley#893#497
  3. 298Angelique#1,173#875
  4. 283Emberlynn#1,241#958
  5. 276Flora#924#648
Fallers
  1. 475Denisse#852#1,327
  2. 347Denise#876#1,223
  3. 267Karen#821#1,088
  4. 227Keily#854#1,081
  5. 227Nathalie#911#1,138

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

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 394 of them was named Brooks, which outranked 99.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooks
  1. #75Colton4,566
  2. #76Axel4,540
  3. #77Jonathan4,465
  4. #78Brooks4,444
  5. #79Robert4,436
  6. #80Jameson4,309
  7. #81Ian4,302
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 536Amiri#1,295#759
  2. 438Eliam#1,177#739
  3. 343Colter#972#629
  4. 333Ozzy#1,046#713
  5. 299Loyal#1,053#754
Fallers
  1. 352Jaxtyn#585#937
  2. 259Karsyn#698#957
  3. 231Xzavier#976#1,207
  4. 208Tristen#846#1,054
  5. 208Willie#992#1,200

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

See the top 100 for 2021