Meaning not yet researched.
Brooke: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 972 in 2025. Its best rank was #43 in 2003.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #43 in 2003; #313 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Brooke in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#313 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2003, at #43.
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Brooke: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 972 girls in 2025. Peak: #43 in 2003 · most girls in one year: 6,724 (1996).
In 2025, 972 US girls were named Brooke, making it the 313th most common girls’ name of the year, down 5 places from #308 in 2024. That is 27 fewer than the 999 girls named Brooke in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #43, reached in 2003. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,724, in 1996. For comparison, it was #150 in 2015 and #1,251 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Brooke in 107 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 5 babies. In all, 200,521 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.0% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 60,825 babies named Brooke.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,091 US girls were named Brooke; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,871. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,654 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Brooke ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #101 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Brook (14,021 babies since 1880) and Brock (43,615 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Brok are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Brok (272).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Brooke in the open dataset we use.
Brooke is listed as a nickname for Brooklyn.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 54 | #101 | #85 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #111 | #74 |
| Connecticut | 24 | #123 | #84 |
| Delaware | 6 | #146 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | #173 | #87 |
| New Jersey | 47 | #174 | #101 |
| Colorado | 32 | #186 | #106 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #191 | #80 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #202 | — |
| Illinois | 43 | #241 | #191 |
| New York | 71 | #242 | #120 |
| Washington | 28 | #256 | #171 |
| Virginia | 32 | #257 | #124 |
| Maryland | 19 | #274 | #73 |
| Minnesota | 18 | #310 | #134 |
| Utah | 14 | #313 | #200 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #315 | #191 |
| Idaho | 7 | #315 | #120 |
| Michigan | 28 | #318 | #139 |
| North Carolina | 34 | #319 | #200 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #321 | #285 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #348 | #221 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #348 | #91 |
| California | 81 | #406 | #195 |
| Georgia | 28 | #407 | #152 |
| Missouri | 14 | #420 | #149 |
| Florida | 44 | #429 | #134 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #434 | #272 |
| Oregon | 8 | #441 | #157 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #443 | #144 |
| Texas | 75 | #445 | #179 |
| Iowa | 7 | #447 | #368 |
| Kansas | 7 | #455 | #132 |
| Ohio | 24 | #464 | #200 |
| Arizona | 14 | #484 | #152 |
| Indiana | 13 | #516 | #270 |
| Alabama | 8 | #587 | #255 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #613 | #224 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #795 | #235 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| 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 |
| 1999 | 6,066 | #47 | 14 | #4,793 |
| 1998 | 6,346 | #46 | 16 | #4,228 |
| 1997 | 6,671 | #45 | 11 | #5,323 |
| 1996 | 6,724 | #45 | 25 | #2,930 |
| 1995 | 6,377 | #52 | 16 | #3,881 |
| 1994 | 5,973 | #54 | 21 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 6,161 | #52 | 21 | #3,157 |
| 1992 | 5,771 | #59 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1991 | 5,551 | #65 | 23 | #2,838 |
| 1990 | 4,990 | #70 | 26 | #2,559 |
| 1989 | 4,148 | #74 | 22 | #2,798 |
| 1988 | 3,416 | #87 | 35 | #1,882 |
| 1987 | 2,955 | #94 | 18 | #2,852 |
| 1986 | 2,698 | #104 | 21 | #2,521 |
| 1985 | 2,726 | #102 | 14 | #3,236 |
| 1984 | 2,749 | #99 | 26 | #2,045 |
| 1983 | 2,862 | #96 | 28 | #1,908 |
| 1982 | 3,144 | #92 | 32 | #1,778 |
| 1981 | 5,328 | #52 | 42 | #1,481 |
| 1980 | 4,951 | #57 | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1979 | 3,505 | #85 | 49 | #1,322 |
| 1978 | 2,533 | #115 | 43 | #1,413 |
| 1977 | 1,871 | #150 | 40 | #1,454 |
| 1976 | 1,463 | #175 | 40 | #1,412 |
| 1975 | 1,182 | #208 | 49 | #1,209 |
| 1974 | 964 | #260 | 40 | #1,353 |
| 1973 | 771 | #303 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1972 | 736 | #321 | 48 | #1,179 |
| 1971 | 729 | #347 | 45 | #1,237 |
| 1970 | 758 | #345 | 60 | #1,053 |
| 1969 | 403 | #480 | 43 | #1,203 |
| 1968 | 326 | #527 | 37 | #1,252 |
| 1967 | 268 | #585 | 36 | #1,255 |
| 1966 | 286 | #562 | 35 | #1,285 |
| 1965 | 146 | #822 | 30 | #1,410 |
| 1964 | 126 | #940 | 41 | #1,202 |
| 1963 | 149 | #857 | 33 | #1,355 |
| 1962 | 132 | #923 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1961 | 120 | #988 | 51 | #1,097 |
| 1960 | 102 | #1,065 | 37 | #1,299 |
| 1959 | 73 | #1,256 | 25 | #1,595 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,283 | 32 | #1,372 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,290 | 26 | #1,550 |
| 1956 | 85 | #1,117 | 19 | #1,832 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,231 | 19 | #1,795 |
| 1954 | 101 | #965 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1953 | 133 | #798 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,352 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,303 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,251 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1949 | 67 | #1,104 | 17 | #1,825 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,424 | 30 | #1,324 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,463 | 18 | #1,790 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,322 | 10 | #2,412 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,264 | 18 | #1,585 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,259 | 11 | #2,204 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,530 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,164 | 21 | #1,540 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,297 | 19 | #1,591 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,597 | 10 | #2,344 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,948 | 12 | #2,066 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,212 | 7 | #2,897 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,191 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,290 | 13 | #2,040 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,490 | 10 | #2,411 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,041 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #3,845 |
| 1931 | — | — | 6 | #3,431 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,056 |
| 1929 | — | — | 6 | #3,604 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #3,755 |
| 1927 | — | — | 8 | #3,190 |
| 1926 | — | — | 7 | #3,430 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6 | #3,791 |
| 1924 | — | — | 5 | #4,432 |
| 1922 | — | — | 9 | #3,049 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1920 | — | — | 8 | #3,249 |
| 1919 | — | — | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1918 | — | — | 6 | #3,781 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,314 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).