Brookes**
#13,203 most common boys' name of all time · #34,047 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1979–2023 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#13,203
Rank overall
#34,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
16 of 146
All-time
152
Since 2016
24
Peak year
1982 #2,826
Best rank
#2,826 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Brookes first appears in 1979. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,733 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,101 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,547 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,070 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,183 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,482 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,378 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,079 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,253 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,514 |
| 1983 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #6,082 |
| 1982 | 10 | 17 | 27 | #2,826 |
| 1981 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,848 |
| 1980 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,455 |
| 1979 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,988 |