Brock

Where Brock comes from

The dictionaries list Brock as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Brock Peters born
    American actor
  3. 1977
    Brock Lesnar born
    American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player
  4. 2003
    Peak, #243
    1,378 babies named Brock — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #449.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brock Lesnar · American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player, born 1977
  • Brock Peters · American actor, 1927–2005
  • Brock Chisholm · Canadian psychiatrist and director-general of the World Health Organization, 1896–1971
  • Brock Nelson · American ice hockey player, born 1991
  • Brock Adams · American lawyer, politician, 1927–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.