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How popular is the name Brooke?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brookes are alive today.
Brooke (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 353rd in 2025 with 121 given the name. The name peaked in 2009, when 1,524 babies were given the name, the 39th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 18,000 babies have been named Brooke in England and Wales since 1996.
The Brooke you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Brookes born in England and Wales are between 14 and 23, and there are at least 20,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 6.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Brooke.
How many babies are named Brooke each year?
Where does Brooke rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Brooke most popular?
Brooke peaked in 2009, when 1,524 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Brooke?
At least 20,000 people named Brooke born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Brooke?
Most living Brookes are between 14 and 23; the most common age is about 17.
Is Brooke becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2009 peak.