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Brooke

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~196,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#313 among girls
Births in 2025
972 200,521 since 1880
Typical age
28 years, median

Brooke popularity over time

Brooke rank by birth year, 1934–2025Brooke ranked #3,449 in 1934 and #313 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #43, in 2003.#100#1,000#313best #43 in 200319401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1934–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1996: 6,749 births recorded as Brooke. The name does not appear in the data until 1914. Brooke has spent 31 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #313, on 972 births. The ten-year change is -55%.

Babies named Brooke per yearPeaks at 6,749 births in 1996.6,749 in 19960192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Brooke?

Roughly 196,300 Brookes are alive in the US right now. That is out of 200,521 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Brooke?

Half of living Brookes are older than 28, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Brooke a millennial-era name.

Your Brooke

Ages of living people named BrookeHalf of living Brookes are older than 28 and half younger.median 28020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Brooke is most common

The name is concentrated in New Hampshire, at 4.4× the national rate. Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island follow.

Where Brooke is used more than average5 states use the name Brooke more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 2.9× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 4.4× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 3.1× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.9× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 3.1× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Brooke is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Hampshire 133 4.4×
Connecticut 302 3.1×
Massachusetts 625 3.1×
Rhode Island 67 2.9×
Vermont 26 2.9×

Is Brooke a boy's or a girl's name?

99% girls1% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 99.0% of births under the name were girls. The name has changed sides: it began mostly on one sex and ends mostly on the other.

Brooke in England and Wales

ONS recorded 121 births named Brooke in 2025, ranking it #353. That is 54% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Brooke comes from

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Brooke

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Brooke Shields U.S. model and actress 1965 74
Brooke Burns American fashion model and game show host 1978 28
Brooke Scullion Irish musical artist 1999 28
Brooke Hogan American singer and television personality 1988 27
Brooke Bennett American swimmer 1980 24
Brooke Fraser New Zealand singer and songwriter 1983 24
Brooke Nevin Canadian actress 1982 24
Brooke Burke American television personality, fitness personality, author, actress, and businesswoman 1971 23
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 446 in 1969 to 818 in 1970 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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