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How popular is the name Brooks?

Births per year, rank history and how many Brookses are alive today.

Brooks (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 585th in 2025 with 66 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Brooks you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Brookses born in England and Wales are between 2 and 7, and there are at least 280 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Brooks - on average, only one in every 1,083 such rooms contains a Brooks.

How many babies are named Brooks each year?

020406020202008: 32011: 32014: 42016: 62017: 72018: 92019: 152020: 192021: 162022: 232023: 282024: 522025: 66actual

Where does Brooks rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202008: ranked 4,4322011: ranked 4,6472014: ranked 3,8952016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 2,2592019: ranked 1,5872020: ranked 1,3142021: ranked 1,5162022: ranked 1,1792023: ranked 1,0422024: ranked 6912025: ranked 585

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.

Chart: babies named Brooks per year in England and Wales, 2008 to 2025, peaking at about 66 in 2025
Brooks: births per year in England and Wales, 2008-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Brooks most popular?

Brooks peaked in 2025, when 66 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Brooks?

At least 280 people named Brooks born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Brooks?

Most living Brookses are between 2 and 7; the most common age is about 2.

Is Brooks becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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