Brooke
Girl · BROOK · English
Brooke is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “brook, stream”. In 2025 it ranked 322nd for girls in the UK (149 babies) and 313th for girls in the US (972 babies).
What does Brooke mean?
English: surname
“brook, stream”
- Say it
- BROOK
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Is Brooke a girl's or a boy's name?
Brooke is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 149 girls in the UK and 972 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brooke in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #322among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 149about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 149 girls in the UK were named Brooke, making it the 322nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 181st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,843 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Brooke since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Brooke in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 353rd in England and Wales, 198th in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#74) and 2014 (#75).
Brooke in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | #322 |
| 2024 | 165 | #297 |
| 2023 | 178 | #277 |
| 2022 | 241 | #223 |
| 2021 | 260 | #221 |
| 2020 | 313 | #181 |
| 2019 | 381 | #150 |
| 2018 | 438 | #139 |
| 2017 | 531 | #114 |
| 2016 | 667 | #93 |
| 2015 | 656 | #101 |
| 2014 | 857 | #73 |
| 2013 | 1,036 | #63 |
| 2012 | 1,255 | #54 |
| 2011 | 1,503 | #46 |
| 2010 | 1,686 | #42 |
| 2009 | 1,843 | #37 |
| 2008 | 1,798 | #37 |
| 2007 | 1,480 | #44 |
| 2006 | 1,226 | #53 |
| 2005 | 945 | #66 |
| 2004 | 892 | #68 |
| 2003 | 674 | #84 |
| 2002 | 540 | #104 |
| 2001 | 603 | #94 |
| 2000 | 596 | #100 |
| 1999 | 540 | #109 |
| 1998 | 396 | #133 |
| 1997 | 326 | #159 |
| 1996 | 311 | #162 |
How popular is Brooke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #313among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 972about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 972 girls in the US were named Brooke, making it the 313th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 236th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6,724 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Brooke than any year since 1974.
Half of all the girls named Brooke in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 71% of the babies named Brooke in the US in 1940, and over 99% in 2019.
Brooke in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 972 | #313 |
| 2024 | 999 | #308 |
| 2023 | 1,033 | #299 |
| 2022 | 1,181 | #270 |
| 2021 | 1,186 | #262 |
| 2020 | 1,262 | #236 |
| 2019 | 1,441 | #211 |
| 2018 | 1,527 | #201 |
| 2017 | 1,619 | #193 |
| 2016 | 1,871 | #173 |
| 2015 | 2,150 | #150 |
| 2014 | 2,392 | #139 |
| 2013 | 2,754 | #115 |
| 2012 | 2,976 | #102 |
| 2011 | 3,372 | #86 |
| 2010 | 3,706 | #73 |
| 2009 | 4,798 | #54 |
| 2008 | 5,186 | #52 |
| 2007 | 5,508 | #45 |
| 2006 | 5,747 | #44 |
| 2005 | 5,571 | #47 |
| 2004 | 5,712 | #46 |
| 2003 | 5,971 | #43 |
| 2002 | 5,338 | #52 |
| 2001 | 5,213 | #57 |
| 2000 | 5,642 | #51 |
| 1999 | 6,066 | #47 |
| 1998 | 6,346 | #46 |
| 1997 | 6,671 | #45 |
| 1996 | 6,724 | #45 |
| 1995 | 6,377 | #52 |
| 1994 | 5,973 | #54 |
| 1993 | 6,161 | #52 |
| 1992 | 5,771 | #59 |
| 1991 | 5,551 | #65 |
| 1990 | 4,990 | #70 |
| 1989 | 4,148 | #74 |
| 1988 | 3,416 | #87 |
| 1987 | 2,955 | #94 |
| 1986 | 2,698 | #104 |
| 1985 | 2,726 | #102 |
| 1984 | 2,749 | #99 |
| 1983 | 2,862 | #96 |
| 1982 | 3,144 | #92 |
| 1981 | 5,328 | #52 |
| 1980 | 4,951 | #57 |
| 1979 | 3,505 | #85 |
| 1978 | 2,533 | #115 |
| 1977 | 1,871 | #150 |
| 1976 | 1,463 | #175 |
| 1975 | 1,182 | #208 |
| 1974 | 964 | #260 |
| 1973 | 771 | #302 |
| 1972 | 736 | #321 |
| 1971 | 729 | #347 |
| 1970 | 758 | #345 |
| 1969 | 403 | #480 |
| 1968 | 326 | #527 |
| 1967 | 268 | #585 |
| 1966 | 286 | #562 |
| 1965 | 146 | #822 |
| 1964 | 126 | #940 |
| 1963 | 149 | #856 |
| 1962 | 132 | #922 |
| 1961 | 120 | #987 |
| 1960 | 102 | #1,062 |
| 1959 | 73 | #1,255 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,281 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,288 |
| 1956 | 85 | #1,115 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,228 |
| 1954 | 101 | #964 |
| 1953 | 133 | #797 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,302 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,249 |
| 1949 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,421 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,460 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,317 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,260 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,254 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,526 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
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