girls:
10.6k births since 1931
#1537 (73rd percentile)
boys:
3.4k births since 1915
#2154 (53rd percentile)
overall:
13.9k births since 1915
#2221 (71st percentile)
The name Brook is the #2,221 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,937 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 71.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,537 (73.1% percentile) for all time with 10,575 births since 1931. For boys, it ranks #2,154 (53.0% percentile) for all time with 3,362 births since 1915.
Brook first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1931 for girls). Birth data for Brook is available in 93 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (91 years for boys and 78 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Brook has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.0% of babies named Brook were girls. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for boys (63.5% boys from 1915 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (82.8% girls from 1973 to 2023).
For girls, Brook reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 43.5% percentile (ranked #444) with 227 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 227 births per million (ranked 43.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1996, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brook ranks #919 for girls (3.0% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 8.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brook reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 19.4% percentile (ranked #537) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 65 births per million (ranked 16.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Brook ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 14.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brook".
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