Brooks
Girl name · #2119 in 2025 · Very rare
In 2025, 88 baby girls were named Brooks, placing it at #2119 in the official national rankings. A decade ago it stood at #4295, so the name has been rising over the past ten years. Roughly one in every 20,455 girls born in 2025 was named Brooks.
The 110-year story
Brooks first appears in the Social Security records in 1915, when 6 girls received the name. Its all-time peak is essentially right now: 2025, with 88 babies and a rank of #2117. Names at their peak can keep climbing — or be one trend cycle from the long slide that eventually hits most popular names. Following the curve matters more than today's snapshot: a name's position on its rise-peak-decline arc is the best predictor of how common it will feel in a kindergarten class five years from now.
Babies named Brooks per year. Source: SSA.
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Uniqueness: will there be another Brooks in class?
On our rarity read — which blends how common Brooks is today with its five-year momentum — the name reads as "very rare". A high score means genuine rarity — your Brooks will likely be the only one in the room, with the occasional spelling-out as the price.
Where Brooks is most common
State-level data for Brooks is too sparse in 2025 to rank by rate — in most states its count falls below the SSA's per-state reporting threshold (counts under 5 are withheld).
Names like Brooks
Statistically, parents drawn to Brooks tend to be choosing among names with similar popularity arcs, era profiles, and sounds — the closest matches in our model are Bliss, Banks, Bracha, Bayan, and Sunni.
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Rank history (last 25 years)
| Year | Babies named Brooks | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2117 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2775 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2288 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2554 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2892 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2441 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3388 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3497 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6808 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4531 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4295 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5025 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6462 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4836 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6564 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5602 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8888 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10084 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8520 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10611 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6820 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11624 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11325 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7444 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10102 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Brooks a popular girl name?
Brooks ranked #2119 among girls in 2025 with 88 babies given the name — outside the top 500, making it an uncommon pick. Ten years earlier it ranked #4295.
When was the name Brooks most popular?
Brooks peaked in 2025, when 88 American girls received the name (ranked #2117 that year). That peak is current — the name is at or near its all-time high right now.
How rare is the name Brooks?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 20,455 newborn American girls was named Brooks. On our rarity scale (rarity blended with momentum) we classify it as "very rare".
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration name statistics, 1880–2025, national and state files. Counts reflect Social Security card applications; names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a state-year are suppressed by the SSA.