Brooks

Where Brooks comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Brooks.

  • 1 syllable
Brooks through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1977
    Brooks Wackerman born
    American drummer
  3. 1990
    Brooks Koepka born
    American professional golfer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #64
    4,877 babies named Brooks, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Brooks Wackerman · American drummer, born 1977
  • Brooks Koepka · American professional golfer, born 1990
  • Brooks Orpik · American ice hockey player, born 1980
  • Brooks Wheelan · American comedian, born 1986
  • Brooks Robinson · American baseball player, 1937–2023

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.