Boys' name · since 1980
Brok
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 272 babies named Brok, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 272
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
272 boys have been named Brok since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Brok recorded 272 times among boys since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2016.
- #11,187 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 272 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brok ranks #11,187 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 272 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 272
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brok's 272 recorded births place it above 75.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brok's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brok splits its recorded history at 1999: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brok popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2016
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Brok by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (96 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Brok's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Brok births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 96 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Brok's decade-level peak was the 1990s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brok: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brok draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.