girls' name ★ peaked 1996

Brooke

Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #313 Trend ↓ Falling 26%

A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s.

Rank 2025
#313
among girls · ↓5 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
972
named Brooke · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,654
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1996
6,749 babies
All-time total
200,521
#201 all-time among girls
First recorded
1914
in Social Security records

Brooke popularity over time

200,521 babies have been named Brooke since 1914, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 21 21 2 – –
1920s – 60 60 6 +186% –
1930s 29 74 103 10 +72% #2,948
1940s 408 179 587 59 +470% #1,104
1950s 750 217 967 97 +65% #798
1960s 2,058 383 2,441 244 +152% #480
1970s 14,512 470 14,982 1,498 +514% #85
1980s 34,977 290 35,267 3,527 +135% #52
1990s 60,630 195 60,825 6,083 +72% #45
2000s 54,686 111 54,797 5,480 -10% #43
2010s 23,808 30 23,838 2,384 -56% #73
2020s (to 2025) 6,633 – 6,633 1,106 -54% #236

Where Brooke is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 924 0.57 #334
2027 885 0.55 #345
2028 853 0.53 #355
2029 827 0.51 #371
2030 806 0.50 #379

Where Brooke is most popular

Girls named Brooke per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.662 per 1,000. Strongest in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Brooke born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Hampshire 59 3.20 +383%
Massachusetts 287 2.37 +259%
Connecticut 135 2.32 +251%
Rhode Island 26 2.08 +214%
District of Columbia 20 1.69 +155%
New Jersey 301 1.67 +152%
Montana 21 1.55 +134%
Pennsylvania 357 1.51 +128%
Colorado 138 1.24 +87%
Wyoming 5 1.17 +77%
Maryland 116 1.09 +65%
Minnesota 116 1.07 +62%
New York 414 1.05 +58%
Virginia 178 1.04 +58%
Idaho 33 0.986 +49%
Oregon 62 0.952 +44%
New Mexico 23 0.946 +43%
Wisconsin 97 0.942 +42%
Washington 133 0.921 +39%
Illinois 207 0.904 +37%
Maine 13 0.840 +27%
Michigan 148 0.813 +23%
Utah 67 0.805 +22%
Iowa 43 0.736 +11%
North Carolina 166 0.729 +10%
Missouri 86 0.714 +8%
Arizona 100 0.713 +8%
Kansas 41 0.711 +7%
Florida 297 0.694 +5%
Ohio 148 0.624 -6%
Nebraska 22 0.612 -8%
South Carolina 55 0.612 -8%
Georgia 130 0.572 -14%
California 459 0.546 -18%
Delaware 6 0.529 -20%
Alabama 49 0.522 -21%
Indiana 69 0.491 -26%
Oklahoma 36 0.489 -26%
Texas 393 0.489 -26%
West Virginia 11 0.420 -37%
Tennessee 61 0.385 -42%
North Dakota 5 0.380 -43%
Arkansas 19 0.360 -46%
Nevada 16 0.344 -48%
Louisiana 28 0.320 -52%
Mississippi 6 0.128 -81%
Kentucky 10 0.117 -82%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Brooke

Brooke is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #313 in 2025 with 972 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1914, 200,521 American babies have been named Brooke. Its peak came in 1996, when 6,749 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Brooke stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Brooke?

The median living Brooke is about 28 years old; half are between 19 and 36. An estimated 197 thousand people named Brooke are alive in the United States today.

median 28 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Brooke year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys 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 5 #12,442
2018 1,527 #201 6 #10,986
2017 1,619 #193 7 #9,852
2016 1,871 #173 – –
2015 2,150 #150 – –
2014 2,392 #139 6 #10,920
2013 2,754 #115 – –
2012 2,976 #102 – –
2011 3,372 #86 – –
2010 3,706 #73 6 #10,960
2009 4,798 #54 – –
2008 5,186 #52 9 #8,409
2007 5,508 #45 19 #4,832
2006 5,747 #44 9 #8,090
2005 5,571 #47 12 #6,280
2004 5,712 #46 22 #4,028
2003 5,971 #43 10 #6,794
2002 5,338 #52 8 #7,741
2001 5,213 #57 9 #7,005
2000 5,642 #51 13 #5,328
1995 6,377 #52 16 #3,881
1990 4,990 #70 26 #2,559
1985 2,726 #102 14 #3,236
1980 4,951 #57 52 #1,292
1975 1,182 #208 49 #1,209
1970 758 #345 60 #1,053
1965 146 #822 30 #1,410
1960 102 #1,065 37 #1,299
1955 67 #1,231 19 #1,795
1950 54 #1,251 15 #1,948
1945 40 #1,264 18 #1,585
1940 24 #1,597 10 #2,344
1935 5 #4,290 13 #2,040
1930 – – 8 #3,056
1925 – – 6 #3,791
1920 – – 8 #3,249
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Brooke

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Brooke Shields Brooke Shields American actress (born 1965) Contemporary
  2. 2 Brooke Hogan Brooke Hogan American television personality and singer (born 1988) Contemporary
  3. 3 Brooke Burns Brooke Burns American fashion model and game show host (born 1978) Contemporary
  4. 4 Brooke Adams Brooke Adams American actress (born 1949) Contemporary
  5. 5 Brooke Burke Brooke Burke American television personality and model (born 1971) Contemporary
  6. 6 Brooke Smith Brooke Smith American actress (born 1967) Contemporary
  7. 7 Brooke Langton American actress b. 1970 · Contemporary
  8. 8 Brooke Elliott Brooke Elliott American actress and singer b. 1974 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Brooke Nevin Brooke Nevin Canadian actress (born 1982) Contemporary
  10. 10 Brooke Fraser Brooke Fraser New Zealand musician (born 1983) Contemporary
  11. 11 Brooke Tessmacher Brooke Tessmacher American professional wrestler (born 1984) Contemporary
  12. 12 Brooke Candy Brooke Candy American rapper and singer (born 1989) Contemporary
  13. 13 Brooke Bennett American swimmer (born 1980) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Brooke, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Brooke?

The median living Brooke is about 28 years old. Half of all living Brookes are between 19 and 36 years old.

How many people named Brooke are alive today?

An estimated 197 thousand people named Brooke are alive in the United States, based on 200,521 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Brooke mean?

A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s.

How popular is the name Brooke in 2025?

Brooke ranked #313 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 972 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Brooke?

200,521 babies have been named Brooke in the United States since 1914, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Brooke most popular?

Brooke peaked in 1996, when 6,749 newborns received the name.

Is Brooke a boy or girl name?

Brooke is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Brooke rising or falling?

Brooke is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Brooke become more popular?

Brooke is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 806 girls named Brooke in 2030, which would rank around #379. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Brooke?

Well-known people named Brooke include Brooke Shields (actor), Brooke Hogan (actor), Brooke Burns (actor).

Names like Brooke

Names that sound and feel close to Brooke: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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