Brooks
Pronounced B R UH1 K S (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Brooks?
Brooks is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 54,804 children — the 465th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about five times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 4,793 children were given it.
Brookes is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Brooks and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Brookes
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B R UH1 K S
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Brooks
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Brooks
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Brooks?
- Brooks ranks 465th among boys' names in US records, with 54,804 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 33,103.
- Is Brooks a unisex name?
- No. Brooks is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Brooks most popular?
- 2024, when 4,793 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Brooks spelled?
- Brookes. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.