How popular is the name Brooke?

Brooke ranks 218th among girls' names in US records, with 208,114 births since 1931. Over the past decade it accounts for 14,738.

Is Brooke a unisex name?

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

1996, when 7,035 children were given the name. It has been in use for 94 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

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

Girl name#218 of girl names

Pronounced B R UH1 K (ARPABET)

Brooke is a girls' name, and first appears in 1931. It has been given to 208,114 children — the 218th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 66% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1996, when 7,035 children were given it.

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

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These spellings sound identical to Brooke 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 Brooke?: Brooke ranks 218th among girls' names in US records, with 208,114 births since 1931. Over the past decade it accounts for 14,738.
Is Brooke a unisex name?: No. Brooke is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Brooke most popular?: 1996, when 7,035 children were given the name. It has been in use for 94 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Brooke spelled?: Brook. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.