girls:
1.5k births since 1915
#4206 (26th percentile)
boys:
48.2k births since 1880
#512 (89th percentile)
overall:
49.8k births since 1880
#1077 (86th percentile)
The name Brooks is the #1,077 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 49,779 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 86.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #512 (88.8% percentile) for all time with 48,236 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #4,206 (26.4% percentile) for all time with 1,543 births since 1915.
Brooks has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1915 for girls). Birth data for Brooks is available in 141 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 80 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 Brooks has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Brooks reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 92.3% percentile (ranked #71) with 2,441 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 2,441 births per million (ranked 92.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Brooks is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #71 (92.3% percentile) with 2,441 births per million.
For girls, Brooks reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.9% percentile (ranked #872) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 46 births per million (ranked 7.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Brooks is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #872 (7.9% percentile) with 46 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brooks".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Brooks. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Brooks is pronounced as brooks, which has 1 syllables.
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