Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Brooks

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Son of Brooke
Small stream

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Green
  • Nature
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Brooks

Pronunciation

b-roo-ks

Famous People

Baseball player Brooks Robinson, Football player Brooks Reed

Celebrity Babies

Son of Molly Sims

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #64, 4,877 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #2117, 88 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20254,87788
20244,79361
20234,48380
20224,34769
20214,44258
20203,87071
20193,50846
20182,37944
20171,93417
20161,67131

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #585, 66 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202566
202452
202328
202223
202116
202019
201915
20189
20177
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #227, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #253, 16 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202516
202418
20234
20227
202111
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #344, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20254
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #70, 53 births); most recent 2023 (rank #74, 41 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202341
202238
202153
202039
201933
201830
201714
201613
201516
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence