Brooks Boy
How popular is Brooks?
#64 boy name in 2025
4,877 baby boys were named Brooks in the US in 2025, making it the 64th most popular boy name. Another 88 girls got the name (#2,117 for girls).
Brooks popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #64 for boys (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,877 boys, 88 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+195% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #233 in 2015, #92 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (4,877 boys) |
| Highest rank | #64 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brooks counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brooks family of names ranked #72 for boys in 2025 (#77 the year before), with 4,882 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks | 4,877 | 100% |
| Broox | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brooks is most popular
Babies named Brooks per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 11.2 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- North Dakota: 11.1 per 1,000 (189 boys)
- South Dakota: 9.2 per 1,000 (171 boys)
- Montana: 8.1 per 1,000 (143 boys)
- Utah: 7.6 per 1,000 (722 boys)
Brooks by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #577 |
| 1890s | 83 | #556 |
| 1900s | 129 | #487 |
| 1910s | 487 | #615 |
| 1920s | 645 | #715 |
| 1930s | 545 | #750 |
| 1940s | 701 | #713 |
| 1950s | 980 | #664 |
| 1960s | 1,116 | #670 |
| 1970s | 1,392 | #618 |
| 1980s | 2,824 | #401 |
| 1990s | 2,374 | #644 |
| 2000s | 3,528 | #488 |
| 2010s | 16,254 | #110 |
| 2020s | 26,835 | #64 |
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Questions
- Is Brooks a boy or girl name?
- Brooks is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Brooks were boys.
- How popular is the name Brooks?
- 4,877 baby boys were named Brooks in the US in 2025, making it the 64th most popular boy name. Another 88 girls got the name (#2,117 for girls).
- When was Brooks most popular?
- Brooks peaked in 2025, when 4,877 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #64 in 2025.
- How many people are named Brooks?
- 59,639 babies have been named Brooks in the US since 1880. We estimate about 56,281 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Brooks most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brooks was most common in Wyoming, at 11.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.