Brock — #705 US boys' name
43,231 babies named Brock in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Brock was born in this single decade.
1,378 babies were named Brock in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brock
The Social Security Administration has registered 43,231 babies named Brock between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brock currently holds the #705 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 1,378 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brock performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12,441 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Brock shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,700 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brock in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brock in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 43,231 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Brock at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Brock popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2003)
- 1,378
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #705 among boys.
43,231 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 1,378 births in a single year.
Brock popularity over time — girls
75 total births recorded since 1975 (Brock as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brock accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brock by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 12,441 births that decade — 29% of Brock's all-time total
Brock decade highlights
- Peak decade 12,441 births
- Runner-up 9,109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brock's strongest decade
12,441 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Brock by state
Where Brock concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,700 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 2,651 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,644 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,260 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 2,035 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,979 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,668 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Utah | | 1,619 | 3.7% |
2,700 of 43,231 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.2% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brock appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.