Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brook**

#1,318 most common girls' name of all time · #2,299 across all names · 24% male / 76% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,318
Rank overall
#2,299 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
14,021
Since 2016
580
Peak year
1980 #504
Best rank
#504 1980
Girls Boys peak 496/yr
192019401960198020002020

Brook first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 32 15 47 #4,375
2024 23 14 37 #5,468
2023 34 17 51 #4,211
2022 32 11 43 #4,399
2021 36 17 53 #4,028
2020 42 14 56 #3,563
2019 51 20 71 #3,144
2018 42 14 56 #3,629
2017 57 14 71 #2,907
2016 83 12 95 #2,293
2015 71 13 84 #2,534
2014 62 15 77 #2,785
2013 104 16 120 #1,921
2012 119 18 137 #1,735
2011 125 17 142 #1,683
2010 114 22 136 #1,797
2009 139 14 153 #1,614
2008 168 19 187 #1,416
2007 213 21 234 #1,190
2006 195 17 212 #1,236
2005 185 19 204 #1,230
2004 183 22 205 #1,216
2003 243 13 256 #960
2002 194 18 212 #1,096
2001 252 18 270 #901
2000 279 33 312 #813
1999 283 22 305 #778
1998 342 25 367 #675
1997 287 47 334 #744
1996 311 41 352 #696
1995 330 38 368 #652
1994 345 49 394 #635
1993 338 47 385 #660
1992 312 39 351 #694
1991 236 58 294 #848
1990 225 53 278 #869
1989 214 52 266 #863
1988 195 53 248 #898
1987 157 45 202 #1,000
1986 151 52 203 #1,014
1985 162 51 213 #961
1984 173 58 231 #877
1983 157 65 222 #944
1982 259 62 321 #679
1981 368 64 432 #525
1980 405 91 496 #504
1979 312 91 403 #584
1978 261 65 326 #632
1977 259 92 351 #642
1976 242 103 345 #640
1975 173 96 269 #800
1974 162 95 257 #826
1973 134 72 206 #922
1972 131 86 217 #938
1971 108 118 226 #1,107
1970 75 112 187 #1,400
1969 38 74 112 #2,037
1968 53 66 119 #1,588
1967 38 51 89 #1,907
1966 55 63 118 #1,501
1965 25 48 73 #2,433
1964 26 63 89 #2,438
1963 20 81 101 #2,821
1962 18 85 103 #2,980
1961 23 139 162 #2,578
1960 12 39 51 #3,776
1959 15 31 46 #3,175
1958 8 15 23 #4,646
1957 6 24 30 #5,611
1956 14 22 36 #3,273
1955 15 18 33 #3,032
1954 13 14 27 #3,243
1953 10 11 21 #3,808
1952 9 13 22 #3,955
1951 8 10 18 #4,180
1950 9 10 19 #3,795
1949 11 13 24 #3,291
1948 7 5 12 #4,405
1947 12 12
1946 7 7
1945 10 10
1944 7 7 #3,880
1943 8 8
1941 10 10
1940 5 5
1939 7 7
1938 6 6
1937 6 6
1935 9 9
1932 8 8
1931 5 5 #4,727
1929 6 6
1918 6 6
1916 6 6
1915 5 5