Brooke
#313 for girls in 2025, 972 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 5,971 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 198,491since 1934
Brooke over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #313 | 972 | — | |
| 2024 | #308 | 999 | — | |
| 2023 | #299 | 1,033 | — | |
| 2022 | #270 | 1,181 | — | |
| 2021 | #262 | 1,186 | — | |
| 2020 | #236 | 1,262 | — | |
| 2019 | #211 | 1,441 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #201 | 1,527 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #193 | 1,619 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #173 | 1,871 | — | |
| 2015 | #150 | 2,150 | — | |
| 2014 | #139 | 2,392 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #115 | 2,754 | — | |
| 2012 | #102 | 2,976 | — | |
| 2011 | #86 | 3,372 | — | |
| 2010 | #73 | 3,706 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #54 | 4,798 | — | |
| 2008 | #52 | 5,186 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #45 | 5,508 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #44 | 5,747 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #47 | 5,571 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #46 | 5,712 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #43 | 5,971 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #52 | 5,338 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #57 | 5,213 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #51 | 5,642 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #47 | 6,066 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #46 | 6,346 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #45 | 6,671 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #45 | 6,724 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #52 | 6,377 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #54 | 5,973 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #52 | 6,161 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #59 | 5,771 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #65 | 5,551 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #70 | 4,990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #74 | 4,148 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #87 | 3,416 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #94 | 2,955 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #104 | 2,698 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #102 | 2,726 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #99 | 2,749 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #96 | 2,862 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #92 | 3,144 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #52 | 5,328 | #1,479 | 42 |
| 1980 | #57 | 4,951 | #1,291 | 52 |
| 1979 | #85 | 3,505 | #1,319 | 49 |
| 1978 | #115 | 2,533 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #150 | 1,871 | #1,450 | 40 |
| 1976 | #175 | 1,463 | #1,411 | 40 |
| 1975 | #208 | 1,182 | #1,208 | 49 |
| 1974 | #260 | 964 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #302 | 771 | #1,082 | 56 |
| 1972 | #321 | 736 | #1,177 | 48 |
| 1971 | #347 | 729 | #1,235 | 45 |
| 1970 | #345 | 758 | #1,051 | 60 |
| 1969 | #480 | 403 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #527 | 326 | #1,250 | 37 |
| 1967 | #585 | 268 | #1,253 | 36 |
| 1966 | #562 | 286 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1965 | #822 | 146 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #940 | 126 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #856 | 149 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #922 | 132 | #1,230 | 40 |
| 1961 | #987 | 120 | #1,097 | 51 |
| 1960 | #1,063 | 102 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,256 | 73 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,282 | 68 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,289 | 67 | #1,547 | 26 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #965 | 101 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #798 | 133 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,303 | 51 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,250 | 54 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,104 | 67 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,294 | 35 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brooke! It came in at #3,449, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Brooke is popular in 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#15 · 1 in 93
- North Dakota#27 · 1 in 129
- Kansas#27 · 1 in 171
- Idaho#28 · 1 in 156
- Minnesota#30 · 1 in 165
Best ever in a state: #11 in Montana, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #15 | 49 | 1 in 93 |
| Kansas | #27 | 80 | 1 in 171 |
| North Dakota | #27 | 20 | 1 in 129 |
| Idaho | #28 | 41 | 1 in 156 |
| Minnesota | #30 | 157 | 1 in 165 |
| Maryland | #32 | 143 | 1 in 170 |
| Michigan | #32 | 285 | 1 in 172 |
| Missouri | #32 | 159 | 1 in 179 |
| Rhode Island | #32 | 26 | 1 in 150 |
| Florida | #33 | 380 | 1 in 210 |
| Wisconsin | #33 | 162 | 1 in 155 |
| Ohio | #34 | 313 | 1 in 186 |
| Pennsylvania | #34 | 311 | 1 in 182 |
| Vermont | #34 | 13 | 1 in 124 |
| Montana | #35 | 20 | 1 in 145 |
| Connecticut | #36 | 89 | 1 in 166 |
| Nebraska | #37 | 48 | 1 in 173 |
| Alaska | #38 | 15 | 1 in 148 |
| Hawaii | #38 | 24 | 1 in 147 |
| Maine | #38 | 29 | 1 in 150 |
| Iowa | #39 | 76 | 1 in 180 |
| Washington | #41 | 127 | 1 in 227 |
| Nevada | #42 | 51 | 1 in 203 |
| South Dakota | #42 | 20 | 1 in 160 |
| Virginia | #44 | 159 | 1 in 227 |
| Colorado | #45 | 109 | 1 in 231 |
| West Virginia | #46 | 36 | 1 in 200 |
| Delaware | #48 | 18 | 1 in 177 |
| Louisiana | #50 | 82 | 1 in 253 |
| Arizona | #51 | 120 | 1 in 281 |
| Indiana | #51 | 138 | 1 in 235 |
| New Jersey | #51 | 167 | 1 in 253 |
| Oklahoma | #51 | 65 | 1 in 256 |
| Wyoming | #51 | 8 | 1 in 147 |
| Massachusetts | #52 | 128 | 1 in 236 |
| New York | #52 | 332 | 1 in 295 |
| Illinois | #55 | 229 | 1 in 303 |
| Oregon | #59 | 56 | 1 in 290 |
| South Carolina | #61 | 57 | 1 in 297 |
| Tennessee | #61 | 107 | 1 in 284 |
| Texas | #62 | 461 | 1 in 343 |
| Georgia | #65 | 143 | 1 in 348 |
| North Carolina | #65 | 129 | 1 in 337 |
| Alabama | #69 | 61 | 1 in 322 |
| Kentucky | #77 | 58 | 1 in 340 |
| Utah | #81 | 51 | 1 in 354 |
| Arkansas | #85 | 32 | 1 in 372 |
| California | #86 | 540 | 1 in 420 |
| New Mexico | #98 | 23 | 1 in 353 |
| District of Columbia | #156 | 7 | 1 in 483 |
| Mississippi | #169 | 17 | 1 in 679 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Brooke
- 5 spots since 2024 (#308 → #313)
- 77 spots since 2020 (#236 → #313)
- 163 spots since 2015 (#150 → #313)
- Biggest jump: 553 spots in 1953 (#1,351 → #798)
- Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1955 (#965 → #1,229)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 2003 at #43 (5,971 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1987–2011
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1961–2025
- Highest: 1 in 261 girls born in 1996 were named Brooke (0.38%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,654 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #43 in 2003, was only 1 in 306 (0.33%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.5% of all girls named Brooke (60,630) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 29 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,439 |
| 1940s | 408 | #1,104 (1949) | #1,340 |
| 1950s | 750 | #798 (1953) | #1,184 |
| 1960s | 2,058 | #480 (1969) | #774 |
| 1970s | 14,512 | #85 (1979) | #231 |
| 1980s | 34,977 | #52 (1981) | #86 |
| 1990s | 60,630 | #45 (1996) | #54 |
| 2000s | 54,686 | #43 (2003) | #49 |
| 2010s | 23,808 | #73 (2010) | #144 |
| 2020s | 6,633 | #236 (2020) | #281 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Brooke in 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 306 of them was named Brooke, which outranked 99.8% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 197,535 of them was named Brooke, which outranked 47.4% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,258Zaylan11
- #6,258Zohair11
- #6,258Zuhair11
- #6,715Brooke10
- #6,715Aadam10
- #6,715Aadarsh10
- #6,715Aalijah10
- #7,245Aarin9
- #7,245Abdi9
- #7,245Abhimanyu9
Tied with 529 names at #6,715; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.