Brock
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #810 for boys in 2025, 306 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 1,378 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 43,540since 1914
Brock over time
Rank among boys' names. Brock has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #810 | 306 | |
| 2024 | — | #702 | 383 | |
| 2023 | — | #752 | 346 | |
| 2022 | — | #782 | 323 | |
| 2021 | — | #768 | 326 | |
| 2020 | — | #687 | 371 | |
| 2019 | — | #601 | 456 | |
| 2018 | — | #549 | 508 | |
| 2017 | — | #521 | 551 | |
| 2016 | — | #449 | 689 | |
| 2015 | — | #449 | 679 | |
| 2014 | — | #415 | 748 | |
| 2013 | — | #385 | 775 | |
| 2012 | — | #335 | 938 | |
| 2011 | — | #325 | 963 | |
| 2010 | — | #306 | 1,040 | |
| 2009 | — | #300 | 1,085 | |
| 2008 | — | #277 | 1,230 | |
| 2007 | — | #263 | 1,326 | |
| 2006 | — | #262 | 1,312 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #260 | 1,260 |
| 2004 | — | #245 | 1,349 | |
| 2003 | — | #243 | 1,378 | |
| 2002 | — | #264 | 1,190 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #281 | 1,092 |
| 2000 | — | #268 | 1,219 | |
| 1999 | — | #273 | 1,092 | |
| 1998 | — | #280 | 1,027 | |
| 1997 | — | #295 | 945 | |
| 1996 | — | #300 | 887 | |
| 1995 | — | #312 | 851 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #328 | 763 |
| 1993 | — | #332 | 762 | |
| 1992 | — | #306 | 873 | |
| 1991 | — | #296 | 868 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #257 | 1,041 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #313 | 763 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #318 | 682 |
| 1987 | — | #292 | 733 | |
| 1986 | — | #266 | 818 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #288 | 712 |
| 1984 | — | #331 | 568 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #382 | 437 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #392 | 429 |
| 1981 | — | #361 | 487 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #296 | 688 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #286 | 703 |
| 1978 | — | #338 | 518 | |
| 1977 | — | #296 | 653 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #293 | 645 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #305 | 617 |
| 1974 | — | #509 | 242 | |
| 1973 | — | #648 | 150 | |
| 1972 | — | #603 | 174 | |
| 1971 | — | #623 | 176 | |
| 1970 | — | #582 | 192 | |
| 1969 | — | #661 | 142 | |
| 1968 | — | #665 | 128 | |
| 1967 | — | #623 | 145 | |
| 1966 | — | #587 | 164 | |
| 1965 | — | #558 | 188 | |
| 1964 | — | #577 | 188 | |
| 1963 | — | #720 | 119 | |
| 1962 | — | #791 | 93 | |
| 1961 | — | #846 | 82 | |
| 1960 | — | #964 | 62 | |
| 1959 | — | #975 | 62 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1957 | — | #957 | 63 | |
| 1956 | — | #897 | 69 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,033 | 53 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,058 | 47 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,052 | 46 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,128 | 39 | |
| 1948 | — | #733 | 84 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,000 | 51 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,770 | 16 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
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| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brock! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brock is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#88 · 1 in 287
- Iowa#112 · 1 in 493
- Utah#121 · 1 in 478
- North Dakota#128 · 1 in 540
- Nebraska#132 · 1 in 542
Best ever in a state: #67 in North Dakota, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #88 | 14 | 1 in 287 |
| Iowa | #112 | 33 | 1 in 493 |
| Utah | #121 | 40 | 1 in 478 |
| North Dakota | #128 | 7 | 1 in 540 |
| Nebraska | #132 | 18 | 1 in 542 |
| South Dakota | #140 | 7 | 1 in 554 |
| Oklahoma | #144 | 31 | 1 in 649 |
| Idaho | #145 | 14 | 1 in 534 |
| Wisconsin | #150 | 33 | 1 in 871 |
| Indiana | #156 | 45 | 1 in 829 |
| Kansas | #156 | 23 | 1 in 672 |
| West Virginia | #163 | 10 | 1 in 927 |
| Missouri | #164 | 37 | 1 in 930 |
| Ohio | #186 | 57 | 1 in 1,228 |
| Minnesota | #187 | 24 | 1 in 1,202 |
| Pennsylvania | #196 | 49 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Louisiana | #204 | 27 | 1 in 995 |
| Illinois | #220 | 62 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Hawaii | #248 | 5 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Arizona | #261 | 23 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Arkansas | #261 | 10 | 1 in 1,466 |
| Michigan | #261 | 32 | 1 in 1,853 |
| Oregon | #266 | 13 | 1 in 1,488 |
| Washington | #269 | 23 | 1 in 1,466 |
| Nevada | #284 | 7 | 1 in 1,527 |
| North Carolina | #299 | 25 | 1 in 1,880 |
| Kentucky | #321 | 8 | 1 in 2,902 |
| Maryland | #325 | 12 | 1 in 2,342 |
| Tennessee | #363 | 12 | 1 in 2,889 |
| Texas | #364 | 64 | 1 in 2,454 |
| Connecticut | #383 | 5 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Georgia | #435 | 16 | 1 in 3,137 |
| Colorado | #451 | 7 | 1 in 3,572 |
| South Carolina | #458 | 6 | 1 in 3,363 |
| Florida | #462 | 24 | 1 in 3,578 |
| California | #467 | 54 | 1 in 4,548 |
| Virginia | #490 | 9 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Alabama | #559 | 5 | 1 in 4,917 |
| New York | #565 | 21 | 1 in 5,471 |
| New Jersey | #717 | 6 | 1 in 8,015 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Brock
- 108 spots since 2024 (#702 → #810)
- 123 spots since 2020 (#687 → #810)
- 361 spots since 2015 (#449 → #810)
- Biggest jump: 1,271 spots in 1947 (#2,271 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1949 (#733 → #1,128)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2003 at #243 (1,378 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1959–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,433 boys born in 2003 were named Brock (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,582 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 28.6% of all boys named Brock (12,441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #2,457 (1914) | #2,457 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,451 (1927) | #3,934 |
| 1930s | 84 | #1,770 (1933) | #2,577 |
| 1940s | 240 | #733 (1948) | #1,808 |
| 1950s | 529 | #897 (1956) | #1,028 |
| 1960s | 1,311 | #558 (1965) | #699 |
| 1970s | 4,070 | #286 (1979) | #448 |
| 1980s | 6,317 | #266 (1986) | #324 |
| 1990s | 9,109 | #257 (1990) | #298 |
| 2000s | 12,441 | #243 (2003) | #266 |
| 2010s | 7,347 | #306 (2010) | #434 |
| 2020s | 2,055 | #687 (2020) | #750 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Brock in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
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1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 1,995 of them was named Brock, which outranked 97.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.