How Many People Are Named Brooks?
people named Brooks are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 59,639 babies named Brooks in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,965 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, a variant of BROOK.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brooks, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brooks alive today is about 13 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brooks first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 4,965 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brooks never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #64, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 6 years, 2020 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #64.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #64 |
| Best rank | #64 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 6 (2020 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #72 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brooks alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brooks were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,901 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brooks was given 3 times as often in North Dakota, 2.5 times in South Dakota and 2.4 times in Utah.
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