The name Brooke is of English origin, and is a variation of Brook.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Brooke has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Brooke
Use of the Name Brooke for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
139,995
139,760
123,314
59,931
27,764
11,599
5,647
The table below indicates the number of times the name Brooke has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Brooke first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1953, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Brooke
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1953
798
133
1954
961
102
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
988
120
1962
923
132
1963
855
150
1964
936
127
1965
822
146
1966
563
285
1967
585
268
1968
529
324
1969
485
399
1970
345
755
1971
348
725
1972
321
736
1973
302
770
1974
260
962
1975
208
1,181
1976
175
1,463
1977
150
1,871
1978
115
2,528
1979
85
3,504
1980
57
4,946
1981
52
5,320
1982
92
3,145
1983
96
2,862
1984
99
2,746
1985
102
2,723
1986
104
2,692
1987
94
2,958
1988
87
3,410
1989
74
4,146
1990
70
4,987
1991
64
5,549
1992
59
5,769
1993
52
6,155
1994
54
5,975
1995
52
6,369
1996
45
6,724
1997
44
6,671
1998
46
6,339
1999
47
6,064
2000
51
5,635
2001
57
5,202
2002
52
5,328
2003
43
5,952
2004
44
5,647
Totals:
139,995
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Brooke as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Brooke appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 46 times during the last 125 years.