Girls' name · peaked in 1996
Brooke name popularity since 1925
200,473 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brooke (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Brooke is about 29 years old in 2026. Brooke peaked in 1996 as the #45 name for girls, and it ranked #313 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 200,473
- Named Brooke, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #313
- for girls in 2025 (972 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 198,491 girls · 1,982 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.21× its national share
Peak year is the year Brooke made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brooke births per year, 1925–2025
1996 was the biggest year for Brooke both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Brooke became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 12,100 baby girls to 1 in 2,310.
- Steepest fall: Between 1981 and 1986, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 313 to 1 in 636.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brooke's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brooke.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brooke in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 33 | – |
| 1930s | 29 | 74 | #4,290 |
| 1940s | 408 | 179 | #1,264 |
| 1950s | 750 | 217 | #1,231 |
| 1960s | 2,058 | 383 | #822 |
| 1970s | 14,512 | 470 | #208 |
| 1980s | 34,977 | 290 | #102 |
| 1990s | 60,630 | 195 | #52 |
| 2000s | 54,686 | 111 | #47 |
| 2010s | 23,808 | 30 | #150 |
| 2020–25 | 6,633 | 0 | #313 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.9% of babies named Brooke from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Brooke is most popular
The index compares Brooke's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brooke.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.21× | 3,743 |
| Nevada | 1.70× | 1,212 |
| Idaho | 1.67× | 1,325 |
| New Hampshire | 1.65× | 1,035 |
| Wyoming | 1.58× | 427 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brooke and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Brooke (this page) | 198,491 | 1996 |
| Brook | 10,630 | 1980 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brooke's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brooke.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brooke (1996).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data