How popular is the name Brook?

Brook ranks 1,474th among boys' names in US records, with 5,401 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 164.

Is Brook a unisex name?

No. Brook is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1961, when 190 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Brooke. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,474 of boy names

Pronounced B R UH1 K (ARPABET)

Brook is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 5,401 children — the 1,474th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 164 births across the past decade, against a peak of 190 in a single year. That peak was in 1961.

Brooke is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Brook and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Brook?: Brook ranks 1,474th among boys' names in US records, with 5,401 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 164.
Is Brook a unisex name?: No. Brook is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Brook most popular?: 1961, when 190 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Brook spelled?: Brooke. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.