Brooks
Boy · BROOKS · English
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Brooks is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “brooks, streams”. In 2025 it ranked 499th for boys in the UK (86 babies) and 64th for boys in the US (4,877 babies).
What does Brooks mean?
English: surname
“brooks, streams”
- Say it
- BROOKS
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Is Brooks a girl's or a boy's name?
Brooks is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 boys in the UK and 88 girls and 4,877 boys in the US.
How popular is Brooks in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 3,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 284% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 86 boys in the UK were named Brooks, making it the 499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had the most boys named Brooks of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Brooks in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 585th in England and Wales, 253rd in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Brooks in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #499 |
| 2024 | 70 | #605 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Brooks in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #64among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4,877about 1 in 350 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.9%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4,877 boys in the US were named Brooks, making it the 64th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 92nd. 88 girls were also named Brooks in 2025 (2,117th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Brooks of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Brooks in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brooks in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,877 | #64 |
| 2024 | 4,811 | #67 |
| 2023 | 4,484 | #73 |
| 2022 | 4,349 | #77 |
| 2021 | 4,444 | #78 |
| 2020 | 3,870 | #92 |
| 2019 | 3,508 | #110 |
| 2018 | 2,379 | #161 |
| 2017 | 1,934 | #204 |
| 2016 | 1,671 | #233 |
| 2015 | 1,652 | #233 |
| 2014 | 1,520 | #247 |
| 2013 | 1,163 | #302 |
| 2012 | 849 | #359 |
| 2011 | 878 | #345 |
| 2010 | 700 | #401 |
| 2009 | 558 | #488 |
| 2008 | 419 | #599 |
| 2007 | 479 | #536 |
| 2006 | 412 | #597 |
| 2005 | 339 | #643 |
| 2004 | 332 | #634 |
| 2003 | 268 | #703 |
| 2002 | 236 | #738 |
| 2001 | 237 | #733 |
| 2000 | 248 | #704 |
| 1999 | 229 | #715 |
| 1998 | 224 | #732 |
| 1997 | 252 | #650 |
| 1996 | 249 | #663 |
| 1995 | 255 | #652 |
| 1994 | 259 | #644 |
| 1993 | 233 | #672 |
| 1992 | 239 | #668 |
| 1991 | 213 | #688 |
| 1990 | 221 | #679 |
| 1989 | 214 | #679 |
| 1988 | 190 | #683 |
| 1987 | 229 | #601 |
| 1986 | 230 | #588 |
| 1985 | 294 | #508 |
| 1984 | 263 | #529 |
| 1983 | 303 | #485 |
| 1982 | 421 | #401 |
| 1981 | 391 | #421 |
| 1980 | 289 | #497 |
| 1979 | 191 | #618 |
| 1978 | 115 | #790 |
| 1977 | 138 | #727 |
| 1976 | 123 | #748 |
| 1975 | 114 | #774 |
| 1974 | 140 | #695 |
| 1973 | 134 | #689 |
| 1972 | 128 | #707 |
| 1971 | 161 | #648 |
| 1970 | 148 | #672 |
| 1969 | 95 | #794 |
| 1968 | 115 | #703 |
| 1967 | 111 | #703 |
| 1966 | 112 | #698 |
| 1965 | 99 | #745 |
| 1964 | 104 | #751 |
| 1963 | 121 | #704 |
| 1962 | 126 | #689 |
| 1961 | 135 | #670 |
| 1960 | 98 | #768 |
| 1959 | 127 | #676 |
| 1958 | 86 | #806 |
| 1957 | 109 | #713 |
| 1956 | 112 | #698 |
| 1955 | 103 | #719 |
| 1954 | 101 | #716 |
| 1953 | 114 | #664 |
| 1952 | 80 | #785 |
| 1951 | 89 | #735 |
| 1950 | 59 | #892 |
| 1949 | 84 | #748 |
| 1948 | 71 | #801 |
| 1947 | 89 | #726 |
| 1946 | 63 | #826 |
| 1945 | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | 57 | #832 |
| 1943 | 65 | #817 |
| 1942 | 81 | #713 |
| 1941 | 64 | #778 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 56 | #825 |
| 1937 | 63 | #771 |
| 1936 | 44 | #924 |
| 1935 | 67 | #750 |
| 1934 | 53 | #860 |
| 1933 | 56 | #824 |
| 1932 | 48 | #937 |
| 1931 | 55 | #858 |
| 1930 | 53 | #915 |
| 1929 | 56 | #888 |
| 1928 | 59 | #862 |
| 1927 | 59 | #884 |
| 1926 | 61 | #842 |
| 1925 | 53 | #924 |
| 1924 | 66 | #838 |
| 1923 | 54 | #930 |
| 1922 | 76 | #759 |
| 1921 | 84 | #715 |
| 1920 | 77 | #744 |
| 1919 | 61 | #839 |
| 1918 | 75 | #743 |
| 1917 | 68 | #761 |
| 1916 | 60 | #797 |
| 1915 | 71 | #690 |
| 1914 | 48 | #758 |
| 1913 | 51 | #615 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 16 | #487 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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