Brookston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROOK-stun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Brookston is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “stream + town”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Brookston mean?
Modern: blend of Brooks with -ton, as in Kingston
“stream + town”
Is Brookston a girl's or a boy's name?
Brookston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brookston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Brookston, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had fewer boys named Brookston than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Brookston in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brookston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
Nicknames for Brookston
- Brooks 86 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Brookston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jettson Kashton Kayson Brixton Jaxton Kyson Daxton Kylo Dutton Colson Braylen Kyaire
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Brookston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brookston, updated 20 October 2026.