# Brooks (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brooks/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹʊks/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Brooksy |
| Variant spellings | Brook |
| US babies named this | 59,639 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57,946 / 1,693 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 251, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,608 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,855 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,516 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,051 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,316 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,549 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,864 |
| 2018 | 44 | 3,511 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,404 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,446 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,898 |
| 2022 | 69 | 2,563 |
| 2023 | 80 | 2,289 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,779 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,126 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 878 | 345 |
| 2012 | 849 | 359 |
| 2013 | 1,163 | 302 |
| 2014 | 1,520 | 247 |
| 2015 | 1,652 | 233 |
| 2016 | 1,671 | 233 |
| 2017 | 1,934 | 204 |
| 2018 | 2,379 | 161 |
| 2019 | 3,508 | 110 |
| 2020 | 3,870 | 92 |
| 2021 | 4,444 | 78 |
| 2022 | 4,349 | 77 |
| 2023 | 4,484 | 73 |
| 2024 | 4,811 | 67 |
| 2025 | 4,877 | 64 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 52 | 691 |
| 2025 | 66 | 585 |

## People named Brooks

- Brooks Wackerman, American drummer
- Brooks Koepka, American professional golfer (born 1990)
- Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
- Brooks Wheelan, American comedian
- Brooks Robinson, American baseball player (1937–2023)
- Brooks Adams, American political writer (1848–1927)
- Brooks Macek, German ice hockey player
- Brooks Atkinson, American critic (1894–1984)
- Brooks Lennon, American soccer player
- Brooks Curry, American swimmer
- Brooks Benedict, American actor (1896-1968)
- Brooks Stevens, American automobile designer (1911–1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.