Girls' name · since 1934
Brooke
Brooke has 198,491 recorded births since 1934 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 198,491
- born since 1934
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brooke is the #314 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 198,491 recorded since 1934.
Brooke has 198,491 recorded births among girls since 1934, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #314 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 2025.
- #201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #314 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 198,491 born since 1934
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brooke ranks #201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #314 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 198,491 born since 1934, peaking in the 1990s.
- #201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 198,491
- born since 1934
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brooke's 198,491 recorded births place it above 99.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Brooke compares
198,491 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brooke's all-time total is 528x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brooke | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 198,491 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6,724 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brooke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brooke splits its recorded history at 1981: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1935 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6,724 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brooke popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 6,724
- Annual births at peak, across 92 years of records
Brooke popularity over time - boys
2,030 total births recorded since 1914 (Brooke as boys' name)
Brooke by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (60,630 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Brooke's strongest decade.
60,630 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Brooke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 29
1930s
29 births
- 1940s 408
1940s
408 births
- 1950s 750
1950s
750 births
- 1960s 2,058
1960s
2,058 births
- 1970s 14,512
1970s
14,512 births
- 1980s
1980s
34,977 births
- 1990s
1990s
60,630 births
- 2000s
2000s
54,686 births
- 2010s 23,808
2010s
23,808 births
- 2020s 6,633
2020s
6,633 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 60,630 births (31% of all-time use).
How Brooke compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brooke's total volume
Brooke by state
Where Brooke concentrates geographically, total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17,918 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13,761 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 10,624 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10,376 | 5.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 10,147 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 10,137 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 8,522 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 8,158 | 4.1% |
17,918 of 198,491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Brooke appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brooke's data
- Brooke's decade-level peak was the 1990s (60,630 total births); usage has since declined to 6,633 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brookes (17,918 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brooke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~91 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, 1934–2025 (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 Brooke 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.