Brock
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROK
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #810 for boys
Brock is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “badger”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 810th for boys in the US (306 babies).
What does Brock mean?
Old English: English surname, from Old English brocc
“badger”
From Old English brocc, 'badger', a word the English borrowed from the Celtic languages.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brock a girl's or a boy's name?
Brock is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 306 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brock in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Brock, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Brock in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Brock in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
How popular is Brock in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #810among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 306about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were named Brock, making it the 810th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 687th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 1,378 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Brock than any year since 1974.
Half of all the boys named Brock in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 321 boys in the US were given Brock or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #810 for this spelling alone.
- Brock 306
- Brook 15
Brock in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #810 |
| 2024 | 383 | #702 |
| 2023 | 346 | #752 |
| 2022 | 323 | #782 |
| 2021 | 326 | #768 |
| 2020 | 371 | #687 |
| 2019 | 456 | #601 |
| 2018 | 508 | #549 |
| 2017 | 551 | #521 |
| 2016 | 689 | #449 |
| 2015 | 679 | #449 |
| 2014 | 748 | #415 |
| 2013 | 775 | #385 |
| 2012 | 938 | #335 |
| 2011 | 963 | #325 |
| 2010 | 1,040 | #306 |
| 2009 | 1,085 | #300 |
| 2008 | 1,230 | #277 |
| 2007 | 1,326 | #263 |
| 2006 | 1,312 | #262 |
| 2005 | 1,260 | #260 |
| 2004 | 1,349 | #245 |
| 2003 | 1,378 | #243 |
| 2002 | 1,190 | #264 |
| 2001 | 1,092 | #281 |
| 2000 | 1,219 | #268 |
| 1999 | 1,092 | #273 |
| 1998 | 1,027 | #280 |
| 1997 | 945 | #295 |
| 1996 | 887 | #300 |
| 1995 | 851 | #312 |
| 1994 | 763 | #328 |
| 1993 | 762 | #332 |
| 1992 | 873 | #306 |
| 1991 | 868 | #296 |
| 1990 | 1,041 | #257 |
| 1989 | 763 | #313 |
| 1988 | 682 | #318 |
| 1987 | 733 | #292 |
| 1986 | 818 | #266 |
| 1985 | 712 | #288 |
| 1984 | 568 | #331 |
| 1983 | 437 | #382 |
| 1982 | 429 | #392 |
| 1981 | 487 | #361 |
| 1980 | 688 | #296 |
| 1979 | 703 | #286 |
| 1978 | 518 | #338 |
| 1977 | 653 | #296 |
| 1976 | 645 | #293 |
| 1975 | 617 | #305 |
| 1974 | 242 | #509 |
| 1973 | 150 | #648 |
| 1972 | 174 | #603 |
| 1971 | 176 | #623 |
| 1970 | 192 | #582 |
| 1969 | 142 | #661 |
| 1968 | 128 | #665 |
| 1967 | 145 | #623 |
| 1966 | 164 | #587 |
| 1965 | 188 | #558 |
| 1964 | 188 | #577 |
| 1963 | 119 | #720 |
| 1962 | 93 | #790 |
| 1961 | 82 | #845 |
| 1960 | 62 | #963 |
| 1959 | 62 | #974 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1957 | 63 | #956 |
| 1956 | 69 | #896 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,032 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1948 | 84 | #732 |
| 1947 | 51 | #999 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Brock
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Blake Cody Finn Logan Cole Beau Quinn Ethan Jude Rory Dylan
Other spellings of Brock
Names related to Brock
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brock: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brock, updated 20 October 2026.