Unisex name · since 1979
Brookes
108 babies named Brookes in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 108
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
108 boys have been named Brookes since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brookes has been recorded 108 times among boys since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2023.
- #16,908 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 108 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brookes ranks #16,908 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 108
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brookes's 108 recorded births place it above 62.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brookes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brookes's full recorded timeline at 1992, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brookes popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2023
- Peak year (1982)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Brookes popularity over time - girls
44 total births recorded since 1979 (Brookes as girls' name)
Brookes by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (55 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Brookes's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Brookes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 55 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brookes's data
- Brookes's decade-level peak was the 1980s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- 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 Brookes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1979–2023 (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 Brookes 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.