Brooks
#453 most common boys' name of all time · #986 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#453
Rank overall
#986 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
59,639
Since 2016
36,892
Peak year
2025 #64
Best rank
#64 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 4,965/yr
Brooks is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | 4,877 | 4,965 | #64 |
| 2024 | 61 | 4,811 | 4,872 | #67 |
| 2023 | 80 | 4,484 | 4,564 | #73 |
| 2022 | 69 | 4,349 | 4,418 | #77 |
| 2021 | 58 | 4,444 | 4,502 | #78 |
| 2020 | 71 | 3,870 | 3,941 | #92 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,508 | 3,554 | #110 |
| 2018 | 44 | 2,379 | 2,423 | #161 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,934 | 1,951 | #204 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,671 | 1,702 | #233 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,652 | 1,685 | #233 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,520 | 1,547 | #248 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,163 | 1,182 | #302 |
| 2012 | 29 | 849 | 878 | #359 |
| 2011 | 19 | 878 | 897 | #345 |
| 2010 | 24 | 700 | 724 | #402 |
| 2009 | 13 | 558 | 571 | #488 |
| 2008 | 11 | 419 | 430 | #600 |
| 2007 | 14 | 479 | 493 | #536 |
| 2006 | 10 | 412 | 422 | #597 |
| 2005 | 17 | 339 | 356 | #643 |
| 2004 | 8 | 332 | 340 | #634 |
| 2003 | 8 | 268 | 276 | #703 |
| 2002 | 14 | 236 | 250 | #739 |
| 2001 | 9 | 237 | 246 | #735 |
| 2000 | 11 | 248 | 259 | #706 |
| 1999 | 14 | 229 | 243 | #718 |
| 1998 | 19 | 224 | 243 | #733 |
| 1997 | 12 | 252 | 264 | #650 |
| 1996 | 10 | 249 | 259 | #664 |
| 1995 | 20 | 255 | 275 | #653 |
| 1994 | 21 | 259 | 280 | #645 |
| 1993 | 25 | 233 | 258 | #673 |
| 1992 | 20 | 239 | 259 | #671 |
| 1991 | 13 | 213 | 226 | #692 |
| 1990 | 9 | 221 | 230 | #681 |
| 1989 | 13 | 214 | 227 | #682 |
| 1988 | 24 | 190 | 214 | #683 |
| 1987 | 19 | 229 | 248 | #601 |
| 1986 | 18 | 230 | 248 | #588 |
| 1985 | 21 | 294 | 315 | #508 |
| 1984 | 18 | 263 | 281 | #530 |
| 1983 | 28 | 303 | 331 | #485 |
| 1982 | 57 | 421 | 478 | #403 |
| 1981 | 57 | 391 | 448 | #421 |
| 1980 | 59 | 289 | 348 | #497 |
| 1979 | 19 | 191 | 210 | #620 |
| 1978 | 23 | 115 | 138 | #792 |
| 1977 | 16 | 138 | 154 | #727 |
| 1976 | 13 | 123 | 136 | #750 |
| 1975 | 19 | 114 | 133 | #774 |
| 1974 | 13 | 140 | 153 | #696 |
| 1973 | 12 | 134 | 146 | #689 |
| 1972 | 11 | 128 | 139 | #709 |
| 1971 | 18 | 161 | 179 | #649 |
| 1970 | 18 | 148 | 166 | #675 |
| 1969 | 11 | 95 | 106 | #795 |
| 1968 | 7 | 115 | 122 | #704 |
| 1967 | 7 | 111 | 118 | #703 |
| 1966 | 11 | 112 | 123 | #700 |
| 1965 | 12 | 99 | 111 | #747 |
| 1964 | 8 | 104 | 112 | #751 |
| 1963 | 15 | 121 | 136 | #707 |
| 1962 | 8 | 126 | 134 | #689 |
| 1961 | 8 | 135 | 143 | #672 |
| 1960 | 9 | 98 | 107 | #769 |
| 1959 | 8 | 127 | 135 | #678 |
| 1958 | 7 | 86 | 93 | #810 |
| 1957 | 6 | 109 | 115 | #715 |
| 1956 | 14 | 112 | 126 | #699 |
| 1955 | 12 | 103 | 115 | #722 |
| 1954 | 9 | 101 | 110 | #719 |
| 1953 | 10 | 114 | 124 | #668 |
| 1952 | — | 80 | 80 | #788 |
| 1951 | 7 | 89 | 96 | #737 |
| 1950 | 8 | 59 | 67 | #894 |
| 1949 | — | 84 | 84 | #749 |
| 1948 | 7 | 71 | 78 | #804 |
| 1947 | 9 | 89 | 98 | #729 |
| 1946 | — | 63 | 63 | #829 |
| 1945 | 6 | 66 | 72 | #757 |
| 1944 | 6 | 57 | 63 | #835 |
| 1943 | — | 65 | 65 | #820 |
| 1942 | — | 81 | 81 | #716 |
| 1941 | — | 64 | 64 | #779 |
| 1940 | — | 61 | 61 | #797 |
| 1939 | — | 50 | 50 | #877 |
| 1938 | — | 56 | 56 | #830 |
| 1937 | — | 63 | 63 | #777 |
| 1936 | — | 44 | 44 | #929 |
| 1935 | — | 67 | 67 | #754 |
| 1934 | — | 53 | 53 | #864 |
| 1933 | — | 56 | 56 | #827 |
| 1932 | — | 48 | 48 | #941 |
| 1931 | — | 55 | 55 | #863 |
| 1930 | — | 53 | 53 | #920 |
| 1929 | — | 56 | 56 | #892 |
| 1928 | — | 59 | 59 | #867 |
| 1927 | — | 59 | 59 | #885 |
| 1926 | — | 61 | 61 | #849 |
| 1925 | — | 53 | 53 | #927 |
| 1924 | — | 66 | 66 | #844 |
| 1923 | — | 54 | 54 | #934 |
| 1922 | — | 76 | 76 | #762 |
| 1921 | — | 84 | 84 | #719 |
| 1920 | 7 | 77 | 84 | #746 |
| 1919 | — | 61 | 61 | #847 |
| 1918 | — | 75 | 75 | #746 |
| 1917 | 5 | 68 | 73 | #763 |
| 1916 | — | 60 | 60 | #800 |
| 1915 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #696 |
| 1914 | — | 48 | 48 | #763 |
| 1913 | — | 51 | 51 | #623 |
| 1912 | — | 25 | 25 | #905 |
| 1911 | — | 15 | 15 | #874 |
| 1910 | — | 13 | 13 | #893 |
| 1909 | — | 15 | 15 | #737 |
| 1908 | — | 16 | 16 | #675 |
| 1907 | — | 16 | 16 | #655 |
| 1906 | — | 12 | 12 | #739 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #955 |
| 1904 | — | 11 | 11 | #744 |
| 1903 | — | 12 | 12 | #682 |
| 1902 | — | 11 | 11 | #726 |
| 1901 | — | 16 | 16 | #500 |
| 1900 | — | 12 | 12 | #772 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #696 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #843 |
| 1897 | — | 14 | 14 | #577 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #862 |
| 1895 | — | 10 | 10 | #716 |
| 1894 | — | 10 | 10 | #710 |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | #776 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #902 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #791 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,022 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #961 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #869 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,014 |
| 1885 | — | 11 | 11 | #602 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #908 |
| 1882 | — | 9 | 9 | #686 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #943 |