Brook
- Pronunciation
- [Brook]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Water: Stream.
- Origin
- English
Brook Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 10,597 baby girls have been named Brook. The name peaked in 1980 with 405 US births that year (rank #503). In 2024, ranked #5634 nationally — 5,131 places below its 1980 peak.
Top States for Brook
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Brook births are: California (974), Texas (652), Michigan (517).
Other English-Origin Names Like Brook
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5-Letter Names Starting with B
Names with Brook's exact length and starting letter: Badal, Bader, Badia, Badra, Badru.
Quick Facts About Brook
US Popularity History (2000–2003)
Annual US births named Brook by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 279 girls named Brook (girl rank #811 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #960 for girls (243 US births). That's 149 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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